Clear and Simple VMware vSphere 6.5 Foundations VCP - Part 1 (Udemy.com)

This is a five-hour, 46-lecture walkthrough of the vSphere 6.5 Foundations exam objectives, split into four blocks: basics, networking, storage, and VMs and vApps. Rick Crisci, a VMware Certified Instructor, teaches it as a step up from his earlier Associate-level course. Despite the Beginner label, the requirements ask for a basic grasp of vSphere concepts. It fits working administrators and exam candidates better than someone who has never opened a hypervisor.

About nine in ten of the roughly 3,770 ratings are 4 or 5 stars. Reviewers keep praising how clearly he explains things, including the pauses and repeats on important points. The complaints are consistent, though. Several want demos alongside the theory, and storage practice in particular. One reviewer found it hard to follow without any interactivity, and another noticed uneven audio between videos. The harshest low-star reviews come from newcomers left guessing where to get the ESXi and vSphere image files and how to start the practical lessons.

There are no quizzes or practice tests, and the content targets 6.5, an older release, although the course was last updated in November 2024. As a short, paid, concept-first refresher it does its job, and more than 16,000 students have taken it. Plan to pair it with a home lab. Pick it if you already know a little VMware and want the exam topics explained plainly. Skip it if you need to click along.