VMCE 2021/VMCA 2022 Expiration

So, your certification shows expiry on your ProPartner Portal @MicoolPaul ?? I don’t have an expiry on my Veeam account or badge. According to the FAQs, certs don’t expire, but it does state ProPartners “may be required to update their certifications to remain compliant in the Veeam ProPartner program.”

I’m sure only @haslund or @Federica can answer your question. 

It sure does! And that’s why, although common sense dictates that if there’s no upgrade my certification won’t really have expired. There’s clearly an expiry date in the system that could trigger non-compliance workflows etc that I’m hoping to highlight in advance and avoid! 👇

Yeah...I think those expiry dates are for sure relevant for you being a ProPartner.

I was fortunate enough to be offered the new VMCA training when it came out in 2021, and sat the new v10 VMCE training as a pilot in early 2020. I don’t think the VMCE training provides a whole bunch benefit to pass the exam, but I do like all the practicals/labs offered. Allows me to play around with various features. The VMCA training on the other hand I feel is very well done and very much so helps prepare for the exam. I really enjoyed that course, although I wish it was an in-person venue (they have/had them, but the option wasn’t offered to us at the time).

Hola @MicoolPaul  right now I do not have detail on the extension. But it will be reasonable enough for the partners who have always been compliant. :)

If you are v11 certified have nothing to be worry. 

Always available for the Community :)

Hi @Federica  I have the same problem and have a case open. At first they told me I had to renew which would be slightly challenging as it would mean that I would have to write the exam myself and the take it. This seems somewhat unethical 🤣.

Can this somehow be addressed? It is starting to seem like the right hand does not know what the left hand is doing.

cheers

Hmm making me wonder now and I will be checking our ProPartner portal as well. Will report back.

Hi @MicoolPaul and @Geoff Burke your certification never expires, you are fully certified, in the latest version right now. So your individual certification is not at risk.  

You have more people certified than requested, so there is not risk. In case you would have contributed to your company level with your certification, as said before, partners would have had an extension on those 24 months, and their status would have not be affected. 

Is this a promise you will take the exam as soon as it is available? ;)

yup site is still showing that we have no VMCEs.  This is really disappointing. I have to spent my time trying to chase this up. It makes my company look bad, it makes me look bad too. Worse though is that it is hurting the perception of my Vanguard and Legend efforts. The company is going to say “this only benefits you”.. “look you can’t even get this VMCE issue figured out”. 

I have written again for a follow up on the ticket and received no response. So I still don’t understand, does this mean the company page will show 0 VMCEs until the new exam comes out? 

I got  a reply from our Sales rep that they have asked for an extension. I find it very much Kafkaesque to have to ask for an extension for something that right now is impossible to extent in view of the absence of the extendable feature. We will see. 

Hey @MicoolPaul  ! I cannot disclose your company details in public, so I will reach you by DM. :)

What for sure I can say is any company WILL not be demoted for VMCA or VMCE, if they kept the right certification up till now. 

Oh. BTW both VMCE and VMCA exams for v12 are now available and can be taken! 

@MicoolPaul  the EXAM yes