How to get your feet wet

Mooseboost

I've really wanted to get into the virtual world, but the issue is: I have no clue where to start. I have messed with VMware workstation a little bit but still lost. I really want to look at data center work in the future. Where would be a good place to start? I already have a decent networking base, but not sure how to apply it to the virtual world.

Lenniusce

Try downloading Virtualbox and getting used to that. I find it more straight forward personally.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Documentation

After you've worked with that for a while I would move on to ESXi, as this is more valuable to your career.