Nearly a month ago, a tweet caught my attention: https://twitter.com/VMwareEducation/status/783374497827041280 These beta exams are a cost-effective way to achieve certifications. The last beta exam I took, was the VCP6-DCV beta. Because I already had the VCP6-DTM on my to-do list, the new VCP7-DTM beta exam was released just in the right moment. As already mentioned in the blog post of the VMware Education and Certification Blog, there are primarly three reasons to take this beta exam: