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Introduction to Virtualization - 90 Minute Crash Course

Name: Introduction to Virtualization - 90 Minute Crash Course
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Rating: 4.5 (20522 reviews)

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Korshub's take

Virtualization concepts, stripped of jargon, in 90 minutes

Taught by an instructor who has delivered thousands of hours of live VMware training, this crash course breaks virtualization into short, 5-to-10-minute lectures that build a genuine working understanding rather than surface-level familiarity. It covers the core building blocks — VMs, hosts, and hypervisors, the difference between Type-1 and Type-2 hypervisors, what actually makes up a VM's files and "live state," and how CPU, memory, network, and storage resources get allocated. It closes with hands-on practice: creating a VM locally with VMware Workstation Player and spinning one up in the cloud on the AWS Free Tier.

Who it's for

Complete beginners who need a fast, clear foundation before diving into VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or any other virtualization platform.

Key takeaways

Core VM, host, and hypervisor concepts, including Type-1 vs. Type-2
How compute, memory, network, and storage resources are provisioned to VMs
Hands-on practice creating VMs locally and on the AWS Free Tier

About this course

"It helped a lot to understand the basics of virtualization, which help me to learn SAN better." - Muktesh

"Awesome and overall concept of Virtualization in very short time." - Sushant

Are you brand new to virtualization? Have you found that many of the training resources out there use complex technical jargon that make it difficult to understand the basic concepts behind virtualization? If you need to learn virtualization quickly and clearly, this is the course for you.

I have taught thousands of hours of live training directly for VMware. Most lectures in this course are 5 - 10 minutes long. This course gives you an understanding of general virtualization concepts. You'll learn how to convert a physical server to a VM. You'll see how the hypervisor provides access to CPU, memory, and storage resources.

If you need to learn VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware Workstation, AWS EC2, or any other virtualization technology, this course is the ideal starting point.

This course includes the following:

Basic concepts of VMs, Hosts, and Hypervisors
Type-1 and Type-2 Hypervisors
Understand the files that make up a VM and what the Live State of a VM means
Learn how CPU, Memory, Network, and Storage resources are provided to VMs
Understand mobility, efficiency, availability, and other benefits of running VMs
Create VMs on your computer using VMware Workstation Player
Sign up for the AWS Free Tier and easily create a VM in the Cloud