VMware Education Services has updated the naming conventions of VMware’s professional certifications

FYI – VMware is making some major changes to their certification naming conventions. Changes take affect August 2018 for newly released certifications listed below, and are not retroactive.  This will not affect the naming of existing certifications however.

  • VMware Certified Professional – Desktop and Mobility 2018 (VCP-DTM 2018)
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Data Center Virtualization Deployment (VCAP-DCV 2018 Deployment)
  • VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Management and Automation Deployment (VCAP-CMA 2018 Deployment)

Read more on their official blog post here:

https://blogs.vmware.com/education/2018/08/22/we-are-changing-the-way-we-name-vmware-certifications-the-year-makes-it-clear/