For any of those 17,000+ attendees of VMworld who were able to make it into the VCAP Certification Breakout sessions, you may have heard the latest news and information on the VCAP-level exams. Registration for the VCAP-DCA has officially opened (as of the 13th, which was originally 'leaked' <a href="http://vmwaretraining.blogspot.com/2010/09/exclusive-vcap-dca-exam-release-date.html" target="_blank">here</a> ).

Downloading some of the recommended documents and going through the blueprint, I remembered what had been said during one of the breakout sessions-- &quot;VMware PDFs and documentation will be available during the VCAP-DCA exam&quot;, which is 100% lab based. That would mean that it would be a REALLY realistic lab-- in that you would be given tasks to perform, but also the reference material to find out specific details you may not have memorized. Tests that challenge someone's ability to read and memorize are not really my cup of tea, but a &quot;show me you know how by doing it&quot; test with material that would likely be referenced in the &quot;real world&quot; is great.

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So to make sure I wasn't making this up and that I didn't hear wrong, I emailed Jon Hall, Technical Certification Developer at VMware. His response-- &quot;Yes, they will.&quot;