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<!DOCTYPE FL_Course SYSTEM "https://www.flane.de/dtd/fl_course095.dtd"><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://portal.flane.ch/css/xml-course.xsl"?><course productid="35357" language="fr" source="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-course/vmware-vcddcm106" lastchanged="2026-03-19T09:08:28+01:00" parent="https://portal.flane.ch/swisscom/fr/xml-courses"><title>VMware Cloud Director: Deploy, Configure, Manage [V10.6]</title><productcode>VCDDCM106</productcode><vendorcode>VM</vendorcode><vendorname>VMware</vendorname><fullproductcode>VM-VCDDCM106</fullproductcode><version>10.6</version><objective>&lt;p&gt;By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the architecture and main components of VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the features and benefits of VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Deploy high availability VMware Cloud Director cluster&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create VMware Cloud Director provider virtual data centers and organizations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure and create vApps and VMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create users and role-based access control&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage VMware Cloud Director catalogs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage VMware Cloud Director networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create VM sizing and placement policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss additional features of VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</objective><essentials>&lt;p&gt;This course requires completion of the following course and equivalent knowledge:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/fr/course/vmware-vsicm8&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(VSICM8)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cms-link-marked&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;fl-href-prod&quot; href=&quot;/swisscom/fr/course/vmware-nsxicm4&quot;&gt;&lt;svg role=&quot;img&quot; aria-hidden=&quot;true&quot; focusable=&quot;false&quot; data-nosnippet class=&quot;cms-linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;use xlink:href=&quot;/css/img/icnset-linkmarks.svg#linkmark&quot;&gt;&lt;/use&gt;&lt;/svg&gt;VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0] &lt;span class=&quot;fl-prod-pcode&quot;&gt;(NSXICM4)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</essentials><audience>&lt;p&gt;Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.&lt;/p&gt;</audience><contents>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Course Introduction&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Managing Catalogs and Templates&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Networking&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Avi Load Balancer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Edge Data Center Group Networking&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</contents><outline>&lt;h5&gt;1 Course Introduction&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Introductions and course logistics&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Course objectives&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;2 VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe VMware Cloud Director features and functions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the VMware Cloud Director architecture&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the prerequisites for deploying VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe various VMware Cloud Director deployment methods and options&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Back up and restore a VMware Cloud Director appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the appliance failover methods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe failover, switchover, and promote in the VMware Cloud Director appliance&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Monitor the VMware Cloud Director appliance services and cluster status&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;3 VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe the provider portal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Define a provider VDC, an organization, and organization VDCs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VMware Cloud Director objects from the VMware Cloud Director provider portal as a system administrator&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe provider VDCs and their role in resource allocation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the configuration of resource pools and storage containers in a provider VDC&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure organizations and access the tenant portal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify allocation models for organization VDCs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how organization VDCs work&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;4 VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Configure LDAP integration with Active Directory&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Enable a SAML and an OIDC identity provider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identify the various types of users in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and import users from the provider portal and the tenant portal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the options for managing users and groups&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe how role-based access control works in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain provider roles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Recognize the function of the rights bundles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain global roles and their usage in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create custom tenant roles&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain Quota Management and its use cases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VMware Cloud Director as an OpenID Provider Proxy Server&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;5 VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain standalone VMs and VMs in a vApp&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VM actions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the properties of a VM&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage VMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain vApp deployment methods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain vApp actions and functions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VM encryption and how VMs and disks are encrypted&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe named disks and shared named disks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create multiple snapshots for vApps and VMs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe Auto Scale Groups and their advantages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain VM placement, VM sizing, and vGPU policies&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe NVIDIA vGPU and NVIDIA AI Enterprise&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the NVIDIA GRID vGPU requirements&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Implement vGPU in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;6 Managing Catalogs and Templates&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe Content Hubb and their advantages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage VMware Marketplace Resource&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage External Helm Chart Repository Resource&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose and use of catalogs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage catalogs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe, how catalogs are shared between and within organizations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe vApp templates and their advantages&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage the vApp template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create and manage the organization VDC template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;7 VMware Cloud Director Networking&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss the integration of VMware Cloud Director with VMware NSX&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe VMware Cloud Director networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform provider networking tasks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss organization VDC networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the types of organization VDC networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Discuss vApp networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;List the various types of vApp networks&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the segment profile template&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure edge gateway services&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;8 Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the concept of Sub-Providers&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the configuration of resources to a Sub-Provider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage a Sub-Provider organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Use the Sub-Provider organization to configure identity provider and manage users&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure quotas and policies to a Sub-Provider&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform common catalog tasks in the Sub-Provider organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Perform common networking tasks in the Sub-Provider organization&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;9 VMware Avi Load Balancer&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the provider portal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the tenant portal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;10 Edge Data Center Group Networking&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Describe Data Center Group network&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Create Data Center Group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Add a NSX Edge gateway to a Data Center Group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Activate Distributed Firewall for a Data Center Group&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure Data Center Groups using NSX Federation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h5&gt;11 Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director&lt;/h5&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Explain the purpose and features of advisories.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Describe the Guided Tour feature and its use cases&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Configure VMware Cloud Director branding&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in Vmware Cloud Director&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Availability&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware vCloud Usage Meter&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Aria Operations for Logs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Aria Operations&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Chargeback&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Aria Automation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VMware Workspace ONE&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</outline><objective_plain>By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:


- Describe the architecture and main components of VMware Cloud Director
- Explain the features and benefits of VMware Cloud Director
- Deploy high availability VMware Cloud Director cluster
- Create VMware Cloud Director provider virtual data centers and organizations
- Configure and create vApps and VMs
- Create users and role-based access control
- Create and manage VMware Cloud Director catalogs
- Create and manage VMware Cloud Director networks
- Create VM sizing and placement policies
- Discuss additional features of VMware Cloud Director</objective_plain><essentials_plain>This course requires completion of the following course and equivalent knowledge:


- VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V8] (VSICM8)
- VMware NSX: Install, Configure, Manage [V4.0] (NSXICM4)</essentials_plain><audience_plain>Cloud architects, systems engineers, data center administrators, and cloud administrators with experience in managed services or managing a service provider environment.</audience_plain><contents_plain>- Course Introduction
- VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration
- VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration
- VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management
- VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps
- Managing Catalogs and Templates
- VMware Cloud Director Networking
- Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director
- VMware Avi Load Balancer
- Edge Data Center Group Networking
- Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director</contents_plain><outline_plain>1 Course Introduction


- Introductions and course logistics
- Course objectives
2 VMware Cloud Director Deployment and Configuration


- Describe VMware Cloud Director features and functions
- Describe the VMware Cloud Director architecture
- List the prerequisites for deploying VMware Cloud Director
- Recognize the design considerations when creating a cloud environment
- Describe various VMware Cloud Director deployment methods and options
- Explain the two-stage deployment of VMware Cloud Director cells
- Back up and restore a VMware Cloud Director appliance
- Describe the appliance failover methods
- Describe failover, switchover, and promote in the VMware Cloud Director appliance
- Monitor the VMware Cloud Director appliance services and cluster status
3 VMware Cloud Director Provider Configuration


- Describe the provider portal
- Define a provider VDC, an organization, and organization VDCs
- Configure VMware Cloud Director objects from the VMware Cloud Director provider portal as a system administrator
- Describe provider VDCs and their role in resource allocation
- Explain the configuration of resource pools and storage containers in a provider VDC
- Configure organizations and access the tenant portal
- Identify allocation models for organization VDCs
- Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of allocation models
- Describe how organization VDCs work
4 VMware Cloud Director User, Roles, and Quota Management


- Configure LDAP integration with Active Directory
- Enable a SAML and an OIDC identity provider
- Identify the various types of users in VMware Cloud Director
- Create and import users from the provider portal and the tenant portal
- Describe the options for managing users and groups
- Describe how role-based access control works in VMware Cloud Director
- Explain provider roles
- Recognize the function of the rights bundles
- Explain global roles and their usage in VMware Cloud Director
- Create custom tenant roles
- Explain Quota Management and its use cases
- Configure VMware Cloud Director as an OpenID Provider Proxy Server
5 VMware Cloud Director Virtual Machines and vApps


- Explain standalone VMs and VMs in a vApp
- Describe VM actions
- List the properties of a VM
- Create and manage VMs
- Explain vApp deployment methods
- Explain vApp actions and functions
- Describe VM encryption and how VMs and disks are encrypted
- Describe named disks and shared named disks
- Create multiple snapshots for vApps and VMs
- Describe Auto Scale Groups and their advantages
- Explain VM placement, VM sizing, and vGPU policies
- Describe NVIDIA vGPU and NVIDIA AI Enterprise
- Explain the NVIDIA GRID vGPU requirements
- Implement vGPU in VMware Cloud Director
6 Managing Catalogs and Templates


- Describe Content Hubb and their advantages
- Create and manage VMware Marketplace Resource
- Create and manage External Helm Chart Repository Resource
- Explain the purpose and use of catalogs
- Create and manage catalogs
- Describe, how catalogs are shared between and within organizations
- Describe vApp templates and their advantages
- Create and manage the vApp template
- Create and manage the organization VDC template
7 VMware Cloud Director Networking


- Discuss the integration of VMware Cloud Director with VMware NSX
- Describe VMware Cloud Director networks
- Perform provider networking tasks
- Discuss organization VDC networks
- List the types of organization VDC networks
- Discuss vApp networks
- List the various types of vApp networks
- Describe the segment profile template
- Configure edge gateway services
8 Sub-Provider in VMware Cloud Director


- Explain the concept of Sub-Providers
- Explain the configuration of resources to a Sub-Provider
- Manage a Sub-Provider organization
- Use the Sub-Provider organization to configure identity provider and manage users
- Configure quotas and policies to a Sub-Provider
- Perform common catalog tasks in the Sub-Provider organization
- Perform common networking tasks in the Sub-Provider organization
9 VMware Avi Load Balancer


- Discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer
- Describe NSX Advanced Load Balancer components
- Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the provider portal
- Configure NSX Advanced Load Balancer in the tenant portal
10 Edge Data Center Group Networking


- Describe Data Center Group network
- Create Data Center Group
- Add a NSX Edge gateway to a Data Center Group
- Activate Distributed Firewall for a Data Center Group
- Configure Data Center Groups using NSX Federation
11 Additional Features of VMware Cloud Director


- Explain the purpose and features of advisories.
- Describe the Guided Tour feature and its use cases
- Configure VMware Cloud Director branding
- Explain the Solution Add-Ons feature in Vmware Cloud Director
- Briefly discuss VMware Cloud Director integration with the following solutions:

- VMware Cloud Director Availability
- VMware Cloud Director App Launchpad
- VMware Cloud Director Container Service Extension
- VMware Cloud Director Object Storage Extension
- VMware vCloud Usage Meter
- VMware Aria Operations for Logs
- VMware Aria Operations
- VMware Chargeback
- VMware Aria Automation
- VMware Cloud Director Extension for Data Solutions
- VMware Cloud Provider Lifecycle Manager
- VMware Workspace ONE</outline_plain><duration unit="d" days="5">5 jours</duration><pricelist><price country="GB" currency="GBP">3230.00</price><price country="PL" currency="EUR">1880.00</price><price country="IT" currency="EUR">2950.00</price><price country="SI" currency="EUR">2750.00</price></pricelist><miles/></course>