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New Courseware Release, September 2025

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Great news! We have released new content on MyInterskill. We have several new courses, badges and an IBM Professional Certificate. As always, your full subscription includes access to this new content. Look for it on MyInterskill the next time you are on.

z/VM 7.4 Curriculum

We have updated our z/VM curriculum to version 7.4.

  • z/VM – Introduction to the z/VM Curriculum Video
  • z/VM – Introduction and Concepts z/VM 7.4
  • z/VM – System Initialization and Shutdown z/VM 7.4
  • z/VM – Monitoring and Controlling z/VM Operations z/VM 7.4
  • z/VM – Managing Guest Operating Systems z/VM 7.4
  • z/VM – Managing CMS Files z/VM 7.4
  • z/VM – Identifying and Resolving z/VM Problems z/VM 7.4

IBM Mainframe Communications 3.1

We have updated our IBM Mainframe Communications curriculum to the latest z/OS 3.1

  • Comms – Network and Communications Concepts 3.1 (New rewritten)
  • Comms – Monitoring and Controlling VTAM 3.1
  • Comms – Monitoring and Controlling TCP/IP 3.1
  • Comms – Mainframe Network Architecture 3.1 (New)
  • Comms – VTAM Command Simulations 3.1
  • Comms – Mainframe Network Communications Assessment 3.1

IBM Explorer for z/OS (Version 3.4)

We’ve updated to the latest IBM Explorer for z/OS to version 3.4

Four new Badges and a new IBM Professional Certificate. For those of you that have completed the previous IBM Professional Certificate “Application Programmer Level I”, we have the IBM Mainframe Application Programmer Level I Certificate RPL(Recognized Prior Learning) to 3.1. You can get your skill level up to z/OS 3.1 without having to take the entire 3.1 certificate. If you have not completed the previous IBM Mainframe Application Programmer Level I certificate, then please start on the full IBM Mainframe Application Programmer Level I Certificate 3.1 .






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