1. Course Introduction

• Introductions and course logistics
• Course outline
• Course goals
• Course objectives

2. Provisioning Services

• Provision new machines and services
• Manage self-provisioned machines
• Create approval policies
• Identify approval policy levels and approval phases
• Use custom properties
• Use build profiles
• Use the property dictionary

3. Architecture and Components

• Identify the benefits of the software-defined data center
• Explore the architecture for deploying vCloud Automation
• Center as a cloud management platform for a multivendor hybrid cloud
• Identify the components of vCloud Automation Center
• Identify vCloud Automation Center design options
• Define network ports and protocols required for communication between vCloud Automation Center components
• Define the user interface elements of vCloud Automation Center
• Explain how vCloud Automation Center integrates with other VMware products

4. Extensibility

• Identify extensibility and customization options
• Use vCloud Automation Designer to edit an existing workflow
• Use vCenter Orchestrator
• Configure plug-ins for external integration
• Use Advanced Service Designer

5. Installation

• Explain the vCloud Automation Center installation prerequisites
• Identify the vCloud Automation Center appliances and component installers
• Define the vCloud Automation Center installation procedure

6. Monitoring and Reclamation

• Identify and verify inactive and abandoned resources
• Manage machine leases
• Manage machine reclamation

7. Configuring IaaS

• Define relationships between vCloud Automation Center entities
• Identify and configure vCloud Automation Center endpoints
• Identity how vCloud Automation Center discovers compute resources
• Define the vCloud Automation Center roles
• Identify fabric groups, business groups, and reservations
• Create tenants
• Create and manage reservations for compute resources

8. Operational Management

• Configure VMware IT Business Management Suite, Standard Edition
• Report financial data for a cloud infrastructure
• Troubleshoot common ITBM problems

9. Blueprints and Catalog Services

• Create and manage single-machine and multimachine blueprints
• Manage service catalog items with entitlements and approval policies

10. Managing Applications

• Define the role of vCloud Application Director
• Identify the vCloud Application Director infrastructure components and requirements
• Deploy and manage vCloud Application Director
• Configure application provisioning
• Create, manage, and update applications
• Manage catalog services