Veeam Certified Engineer v9 guide

Veeam released the updated version 9 of their course Veeam Certified Engineer on February 1st.
Since then many Education Centers have already been teaching it and the feedback I have heard is great!

Around 400 attendees at Veeam’s availability conference, VeeamON, in October 2015 had a chance to attend an early access version of VMCE v9. If you are dreaming of attendending a VMCE v10 early access class during VeeamON 2017 then go ahead and signup for updates on VeeamON.com.

Let me quickly run through your scenarios of you are looking to become a Veeam Certified Engineer:

1. Never attended a VMCE class
Simply sign-up for a VMCE class in your region.
Find one here and later pass the exam.
Book your exam at your leisure here.

2. You attended a VMCE v7 class, but never passed the exam
Unfortunately you are required to start all over again.
Had you passed the VMCE v7 exam, you could have upgraded it to v9.
Book a new VMCE v9 class here (and remember to pass the exam)

3. You passed VMCE v7 exam
You are eligible to access the FREE What’s New in VMCE v9 course.
However you still have to pass the VMCE v9 exam at a Pearson VUE testing center.
You can gain access to the FREE What’s New in VMCE v9 course here.
Book your exam at your leisure here.

4. You passed VMCE v8 exam
You are eligible for a FREE upgrade to VMCE v9 status.
The process of upgrading is:
a. Open https://www.veeam.com/vmce-apply.html
b. Sign In
c. You should see something similar to Congratulations,
d. Scroll down a bit and click green button labeled “Register for VMCE v9”
e. You will now be able to see upgrade path to VMCE v9.
f. Click link to “Complete What’s New Course”
g. This redirects you to What’s New Course on lms.veeam.com
h. Complete watching the “What’s new in Veeam Certified Engineer v9” video (yes you need to watch all parts of it)
i. Pass the Self-Check Test
j. If any issues use the contact details found on bottom of https://www.veeam.com/my-vmce-certification.html
k. Your certification should now be upgraded to VMCE v9, congratulations! 🙂

5. You attended a VMCE v8 or v9 class
You are eligible to access the FREE What’s New in VMCE v9 course.
However you still have to pass the VMCE v9 exam at a Pearson VUE testing center.
You can gain access to the FREE What’s New in VMCE v9 course here.
Book your exam at your leisure here.

The full official VMCE upgrade rules document can be found here.

Which resources are available to prepare for the VMCE v9 exam?

1. If you attended a VMCE v9 class, read the entire Text Book. Everything you need to pass the exam is in there.
2. Read the Release Notes for v9
3. Read the User Guide for v9 (VMware vSphere)
4. Read the User Guide for v9 (Microsoft Hyper-V)
5. Closely read the What’s New in v9 PDF, you can easily win easy points during the exam by knowing about these new features and changes from v8.
6. Watch this v9 Feature Overview webinar (It includes rockstar Rick Vanover)
7. Review some simulated demos of Veeam (this is unfortunately still v8)
8. Self evaluate using a VMCE practice exam. Currently two exist: Official and UnOfficial (Remember these are study tools to find your weak areas)

I hope this was useful and if you have any unanswered questions please leave them in the comments section below, I will then try my best to update this guide as they come in.