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VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator

Experience stageCoreabout 1-2 years recommendedRoleMath’s grouping · the vendor’s own wording is below

VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator is VMware (Broadcom)'s professional-level cloud, platform engineer certification.

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VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator maps to VMware's published exam domains. Use the objective domains below as your study order. Vendor-recommended experience · checked

Who this certification is designed for

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Per VMware: At least 1 year of IT experience is recommended; at least 6 months with the relevant VMware product/components is recommended; the minimally qualified candidate has the knowledge to install, configure, manage, and perform basic troubleshooting of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solution. VMware (Broadcom) — Broadcom VMware Certification Program · checked

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What VMware asks for

Core stage. RoleMath groups this with credentials that assume roughly one to two years of hands-on work. VMware’s own wording is below, and it is the one to go by.

Recommended background: At least 1 year of IT experience is recommended; at least 6 months with the relevant VMware product/components is recommended; the minimally qualified candidate has the knowledge to install, configure, manage, and perform basic troubleshooting of a VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) solution. [vendor page] A recommendation, not a registration requirement.

Prerequisites: None stated in the candidate extraction.

Cost & upkeep

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Exam price (US)
$250 Vmware Professional Cloud Foundation Administrator — official vendor page · checked verified 2026-06-26T18:23:04Z · read from the official vendor page
3-year self-study cost
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Skills measured

Vendor-published objective domains, normalized for display; use the cited official objectives for exact wording. Vmware Professional Cloud Foundation Administrator — official vendor page · checked

—Private cloud principles, use cases, and value propositionPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Private cloud principles, use cases, and value proposition. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF compute deployment and virtual machine administrationPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF compute deployment and virtual machine administration. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF storage and vSAN fundamentalsPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF storage and vSAN fundamentals. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF networking components, fabrics, routing, and servicesPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF networking components, fabrics, routing, and services. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF deployment models and workload domain configurationPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF deployment models and workload domain configuration. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—Fleet management, identity, licensing, certificates, passwords, imports, and lifecycle managementPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for Fleet management, identity, licensing, certificates, passwords, imports, and lifecycle management. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF operations, logging, health, dashboards, alerts, policies, compliance, and network/storage/application monitoringPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF operations, logging, health, dashboards, alerts, policies, compliance, and network/storage/application monitoring. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked
—VCF automation, tenancy, provider networking, content, extensibility, governance, and Supervisor servicesPlain-English orientation: use this as the topic area to study for VCF automation, tenancy, provider networking, content, extensibility, governance, and Supervisor services. The official objectives define the exact vendor tasks.VMware (Broadcom) — VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator Exam Guide PDF (2V0-17.25) · checked

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Prerequisites

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  • Private cloud principles, use cases, and value proposition—
  • VCF compute deployment and virtual machine administration—
  • VCF storage and vSAN fundamentals—
  • VCF networking components, fabrics, routing, and services—
  • VCF deployment models and workload domain configuration—
  • Fleet management, identity, licensing, certificates, passwords, imports, and lifecycle management—
  • VCF operations, logging, health, dashboards, alerts, policies, compliance, and network/storage/application monitoring—
  • VCF automation, tenancy, provider networking, content, extensibility, governance, and Supervisor services—

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CIT-01Public official credential page for VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator.vmware-professional-cloud-foundation-administrator2026-06-26T18:23:04Z
CIT-02Supports official facts for VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator.Official Broadcom VMware objective source2026-06-26T18:23:04Z
CIT-03Supports official facts for VMware Certified Professional - VMware Cloud Foundation Administrator.Official Candidate Bundle2026-06-26T18:23:04Z

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