Configuration Manager 2012 Course Availability!

According to MSL Campaign Factory, the two new Configuration Manager courses should start shipping June 29, 2012.

Course 10747a: Administering System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=10747a) – 5 days. What do you need to know to manage and configure Configuration Manager 2012? This is the course you need. This course does not teach you to design and install SCCM hierarchies, it teaches day-to-day Configuration Manager administration skills.
Course 10748a: Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?id=10748ab)  – 3 days. What should your Configuration Manager 2012 hierarchy look like? Do you need a CAS? Do you need multiple primary sites or secondary sites? What’s involved in migrating your existing Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy to 2012? This is the course you need.

Learning partners should be able to order the courseware by the end of this month. You should be able to sign up for the courses today.

I’ll be teaching these courses in Edmonton in July, and will try to provide some feedback here once they are done. From the looks of the two courses they provide great content and sufficient depth to give you a solid start in your Configuration Manager 2012 environment.

Become a Configuration Manager 2012 Master! Get Trained and Certified!

It’s time to get ready for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager!

Release Candidate 2 of Configuration Manager 2012 is currently available, and by the end of April the RTM version should be available. Have you started to plan for Configuration Manager 2012 in your environment? Do you know what has changed and what you should be doing to prepare for the migration? It might be time for some training.

Looking for Configuration Manager 2012 training?

With the release of CM 2012 just months away (projected Q4 2011), I’m getting a lot of questions about what official training products will be available.

As of today, it appears that there will be 2 Configuration Manager 2012 courses, Read more of this post

Configuration Manager 2012 VHD Test Drive

I posted this a few months about, but just a reminder that Microsoft offers you the opportunity to try Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2 free for 180 days. You don’t have to set up your own test environment, just download the virtual machine, import it into Hyper-V, and have fun getting to know Configuration Manager 2012 with a fully functional server. Download the vhd at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=21054.