As we prepare to get the latest labs out to you after VMworld, we want to make sure you are prepared for what’s to come. The process is similar to what we have done in year’s past and we will start rolling out a few labs after VMworld in Las Vegas, with the majority coming after VMworld in Barcelona.
As the new labs in the 2017 catalog get released, their 2016 counterparts will be placed in the HOL Archives catalog. The catalog can be found at the bottom of the list.
One thing to note is that once the 2016 labs are placed in the archive catalog, you will likely need to wait a bit longer for your lab to start and make sure the Lab Status indicates ‘Ready’ in green before proceeding with you lab.
As a reminder, in order to make room for all this great new content, we will have to retire the 2016 catalog and that will happen on December 1st, 2016. For those of you that may be planning to use our HOL-in-a-Box service for upcoming events, make sure you keep those dates in mind and transition any events to the 2017 labs prior to that date!
Finally, in order to help you find the lab replacing the the 2016 SKU, you can use the table below to find the 2017 SKU that most closely matches it. For the most part, the 2017 SKU lined up to identical content that was in the 2016 SKU. For cases where there was no direct match, you can review the Notes column to see where that content was moved to.
| HOL-16XX SKU | HOL-16XX Title | HOL-17XX Match | HOL-17XX Title | Notes |
| HOL-CHG-1695 | vSphere 6 Challenge Lab | HOL-1704-CHG-2 | vSphere 6 Challenge Lab | |
| HOL-HBD-1681 | VMware vCloud Air – Jump Start for vSphere Admins | HOL-1781-HBD-1 | VMware vCloud Air – Jump Start for vSphere Admins | |
| HOL-HBD-1682 | VMware vCloud Air – Networking & Security | HOL-1781-HBD-2 | VMware vCloud Air – Data Center Extension | |
| HOL-HBD-1683 | VMware vCloud Air – Manage Your Cloud | HOL-1781-HBD-3 | VMware vCloud Air – Manage Your Cloud | |
| HOL-HBD-1684 | VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery | HOL-1781-HBD-4 | VMware vCloud Air Disaster Recovery | |
| HOL-HBD-1685 | Insider Look at the Technology for How VMware Delivers Hands-On Labs | HOL-1781-HBD-5 | VMware Learning Platform: How You Can Deliver Your Own Hands-On Labs | |
| HOL-HBD-1686 | VMware vCloud Air Data Services | No Replacement | Product EOA May 6th, 2016 | |
| HOL-MBL-1650 | What’s New with Horizon 7 | HOL-1751-MBL-1 | Introduction to Horizon 7: Virtual Desktop and Apps | |
| HOL-MBL-1651 | Advanced Technical Concepts of Horizon 6 from A to Z | HOL-1751-MBL-1 | Introduction to Horizon 7: Virtual Desktop and Apps | This is the best place to start for Horizon 7 content, but the 1651 content is spread throughout lab SKUs HOL-1751-MBL-1 – 6 |
| HOL-MBL-1652 | Secure Delivery and Management of the Transforming Desktop | HOL-1751-MBL-6 | Horizon 7 Advanced Concepts | Closest match, but some content form 1651 is in HOL-1751-MBL-4 |
| HOL-MBL-1653 | Advanced Concepts of VMware Workspace Portal | HOL-1753-MBL-1 | VMware Identity Manager 2.6: Application Management and Delivery | Workspace EOA and replaced with Identity Manager |
| HOL-MBL-1654 | Application Delivery and Lifecycle Management | HOL-1753-MBL-2 | User Applications: Delivery and Lifecycle Management | |
| HOL-MBL-1655 | Introducing Flexible Desktop Management for the Mobile User with VMware Horizon FLEX | HOL-1755-MBL-1 | Horizon FLEX from A to Z | |
| HOL-MBL-1656 | Horizon Air – Explore and Manage | HOL-1756-MBL-1 | Horizon Air from A to Z | |
| HOL-MBL-1657 | AirWatch – Introduction to Basic MDM and Console Customization | HOL-1757-MBL-1 | Introduction to AirWatch | |
| HOL-MBL-1658 | AirWatch – Advanced MDM, Content and Horizon Integration | HOL-1757-MBL-2 | Advanced AirWatch | |
| HOL-MBL-1659 | F5 Integration with VMware Mobility | HOL-1759-MBL-1 | F5 Integration with VMware Horizon Suite | |
| HOL-PRT-1671 | Self-service data protection using the EMC Plugin for vRealize Automation and Avamar | No Replacement | ||
| HOL-PRT-1672 | Deploying Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform with VMware NSX | HOL-1723-SDC-1 | Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Security Platform with VMware NSX | |
| HOL-PRT-1674 | Dell Storage presents Virtual Volumes, vSphere Metro Stretched Cluster and more | HOL-1708-SDC-2 | Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy Based Management | Dell VVOL Conent included in the SPBM / VVOL lab |
| HOL-PRT-1675 | NetApp & VMware Automation: Seamlessly Provision and Recover Tier-1 Applications | No Replacement | ||
| HOL-SDC-1601 | Cloud Management with vRealize Operations Standard | HOL-1701-USE-2 | vRealize Operations and vRealize Business: Optimize Compute Utilization | |
| HOL-SDC-1602 | vSphere with Operations Management 6: Advanced Topics | HOL-1710-SDC-3 | vSphere with Operations Management: Product Deep Dive | |
| HOL-SDC-1603 | VMware NSX Introduction | HOL-1703-SDC-1 | VMware NSX: Introduction and Feature Tour | |
| HOL-SDC-1604 | vSphere Performance Optimization | HOL-1704-SDC-1 | vSphere 6: Performance Optimization | |
| HOL-SDC-1605 | High Availability and Resilient Infrastructure | HOL-1705-SDC-1 | Site Recovery Manager: Data Center Migration and Disaster Recovery | |
| HOL-SDC-1606 | Cloud 101 – Deliver your Infrastructure as a Service | HOL-1706-SDC-1 | Cloud Management Platform: Integrating the Parts | |
| HOL-SDC-1607 | From Beginner to Advanced Features with PowerCLI | HOL-1721-SDC-5 | vSphere Automation with PowerCLI | |
| HOL-SDC-1608 | Virtual SAN 6 from A to Z | HOL-1708-SDC-1 | Virtual SAN 6.2 from A to Z | |
| HOL-SDC-1609 | Big Data and vSphere | No Replacement | ||
| HOL-SDC-1610 | Virtualization 101: vSphere with Operations Management 6 | HOL-1710-SDC-1 | Virtualization 101: vSphere with Operations Management | |
| HOL-SDC-1611 | IT Cost Transparency with vRealize Business | HOL-1701-USE-2 | vRealize Operations and vRealize Business: Optimize Compute Utilization | No direct replacement, but Module 5 in HOL-1701-USE-2 comes the closest. |
| HOL-SDC-1613 | IT Outcomes Overview | HOL-1706-SDC-6 | Guide to SDDC: VMware Validated Designs | Use VMware Validated Designs |
| HOL-SDC-1620 | OpenStack with VMware vSphere and NSX | HOL-1720-SDC-1 | VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) with vSphere and NSX | |
| HOL-SDC-1621 | vRealize Automation 101: Application and Infrastructure Delivery and DevOps with Code Stream | HOL-1721-USE-1 | vRealize Automation 7 Basics | |
| HOL-SDC-1622 | VMware Development Tools and SDKs | HOL-1710-SDC-5 | Automate and Develop vSphere easier with a Technical Preview of vSphere Automation API and SDKs | |
| HOL-SDC-1624 | VMware NSX and the vRealize Suite | HOL-1706-SDC-1 | Cloud Management Platform: Integrating the Parts | Module 4 of this lab covers integrating vRA and NSX |
| HOL-SDC-1625 | VMware NSX Advanced | HOL-1725-SDC-1 | VMware NSX Advanced Consumption | |
| HOL-SDC-1627 | VMware Software Defined Storage – Advanced Topics | HOL-1708-SDC-2 | Virtual Volumes and Storage Policy Based Management | |
| HOL-SDC-1628 | VMware EVO:RAIL Introduction | HOL-1728-SDC-1 | VxRail Introduction | |
| HOL-SDC-1630 | Cloud-Native Apps: Bringing Microservices and Containers to the Software-Defined Data Center | HOL-1730-USE-1 | vSphere Integrated Containers | |
| HOL-SDC-1631 | vSphere Optimization Assessment | HOL-1701-SDC-1 | Introduction to the vSphere Optimization Assessment | |
| HOL-SDC-1632 | vRealize Automation Advanced: Integration and Extensibility | HOL-1721-USE-2 | vRealize Automation 7 Advanced |
