WebSphere Education
24 June 2014
Education and Certification Test
Plans for:
- WebSphere Application Server
- WebSphere eXtreme Scale
- JEE Application Development
- Web Services Application Development
Document number
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W / ZA855 – WAS ND and LP
Administration V8.5.5 (5 days)
6/28/13
W / ZA585 – WAS ND
 W / ZA591 – WAS V8.5.5 Problem
and LP Administration V8.5
(5 days)
VW976 – Java Batch Processing
Determination (5 days)
Course updates for WAS V8.5.5.2 in Plan:
 W / VY583 – WAS Liberty Profile for
Administrators (1 day, with BYOD labs or on
BlueMix when available)
 VWtbd – WAS Liberty Collectives
 VYtbd - WAS Liberty for application developers
(1/2 day with BYOD labs or on BlueMix)
 VW500 – WAS and Cloud Deployment
 ZU909 – WAS Liberty Problem Determination
(1 day, SPVC)
Q3’14 – Q4’14
with WAS (1 day web-based)
W / ZA680 – WebSphere
Scripting and Automation (5
days)
Also referenced
courses in WAS V8.0
curriculum and
Redbooks
V8.5.5.2 Q2’14
Announce
April 2014
eGA 6/13/14
WA880 – WAS V8.5:
Using Intelligent
Management (3 days)
WAS V8.5.5
eGA 6/14/13
W / ZA815 – WAS V8.5.5
Performance Tuning (3 days)
Feb 2014
Reference courses in
WAS V8.5 curriculum
as well as Knowledge
Center and Redbooks
WAS V8.5
eGA 6/15/12
WU805 – Transition
to WAS V8.5 (3 days)
Test C2180-319 - IBM
WebSphere Application
Server Developer Tools
V8.5 with Liberty Profile
1Q2013
Reference courses in
WAS V8.5.x curriculum
and certification tests
as well as Knowledge
Center and Redbooks
Test 000-401,
IBM WebSphere
Application Server ND and
Liberty Profile V8.5.5,
Administration
GA 1/1/14
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WebSphere Education Programs
WebSphere Application Server Administration
Training path: http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0007623
Curriculum Status
Available
Offerings
WAS V8.5.5 Curriculum
 WA / ZA855 – WAS V8.5.5
Administration
 WA / ZA591 – WAS V8.5.5
Problem Determination (5 days)
 WA / ZA815 - WAS V8.5.5
Performance Tuning (3.5 days)
 VW976 – Java Batch Processing
with WAS (1 day web-based)
 Test 401 – WAS V 8.5.5
Certification test
 Test 319 - IBM WebSphere
Application Server Developer Tools
V8.5 with Liberty Profile
WAS V8.5 Curriculum
 W/ZA680 - WAS V8 Scripting and
automation (5 days)
 WA880 - WAS V8.5 Intelligent
Management (3 days)
W/ZA585 - WAS V8 Admin (5 days)
 ZU802 – WAS V8.5 Liberty Profile
(1 day)
 WU805 - Transition to WAS V8.5
for Administrators (3 days)
WAS V8 Curriculum
 Most courses are still active
Courses in
Development
2-3 Q2014
 W / VY583 - WAS Liberty for
administrators (1 day with BYOD
labs)
 VYtbd - WAS Liberty for
application developers (1/2 day with
BYOD labs or on BlueMix)

Future Planned
Offerings
3Q2014
 VWtbd – WAS Liberty Collectives
VW500 – WebSphere Application
Server Cloud Deployment
WebSphere Education Contacts
Development
4Q2014
 ZU909 – WAS Liberty Problem
Determination (1 day)
Manager
---------------------------------------------Note : WAS V8.5.x tests will remain
active
Curriculum
 Test 401 – WAS V 8.5.5
Certification test (available)
 Test 319 - IBM WebSphere
Application Server Developer Tools
V8.5 with Liberty Profile (available)
Jeannie Lacy
Hamid Karbasi
Architect
Product eGA Information
WAS V8
06/17/2011
WAS V8.5
June/15/2012
WAS V8.5.5
June/14/2013
WAS V8.5.5.2
June/13/2014
WAS V7 Curriculum
 Most courses are still active
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Published blog posts:

Using the XC10 appliance for
elastic dynamic caching
Course updates for WXS Vnext in Plan:
 WA/ZA890 – Developing Applications
with WXS Vnext (3 days - in queue)

Using the XC10 appliance for
HTTP session management

Using the XC10 appliance as a
"side-cache"
W / ZA974 – Developing
Applications for WXS –
Added a Web addendum on
what is new in V8.5 (3 days)
Also referenced
resources at IBM
Education Assistant
and Redbooks
WXS Vnext
WXS V8.6
eGA 11/30/12
WXS V8.5
eGA 4/7/12
Updated the references
to Knowledge Center
IBM Education Assistant
and Redbooks
Announce
tbd
eGA tbd
Contact IBM Software
Services for WebSphere
for mentoring workshops
W / ZA974 – Developing
Applications for WXS V7.1
(3 days)
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WebSphere Education Programs
WebSphere eXtreme Scale and XC10
Training path: http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0007623
Available
Offerings
 Blog series on XC10 – 1. Using
the XC10 as a side cache 2. Using
the XC10 for HTTP session
management 3. Using the XC10 for
elastic dynamic 4. Reading list
Curriculum Status
WA974+ Added what is new in
WXS V8.5 on developerworks
WA974 / ZA974 - Developing
Applications for WebSphere
eXtreme Scale V7.1(3 days)
 Note: Other online resources
are available on the training path
Courses in
Development
2Q2014
 None
Future Planned
Offerings
2014 - 2015
WebSphere Education Contacts
 WA/ZA890 – Developing
Applications with WXS Vnext
(3 days - in queue)
Development
Jeannie Lacy
Manager
Curriculum
Hamid Karbasi
Architect
Product eGA/GA Information
WXS V7.1.1
11/18/2011
WXS V8.5
04/07/2012
WXS V8.6
11/30/2012
WXS Vnext
TBD
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W / ZD104 – Fundamentals of
Enterprise OSGi with IBM
WebSphere Application Server
V8.5 (1 day)
WD352 - Developing EJB 3
Applications for WAS V7
Also referenced
Redbooks
WD371 - Java EE 5 Development
for WebSphere Application Server V7
WD322 – Web 2.0 Application
WAS V8.5.5.2
Q2’14
Development (5 days)
WAS V8.5.5
eGA 6/14/13
Announce
April 2014
eGA 6/13/14
WAS V8.5
eGA 6/15/12
Rational Education Courses:
 RD810 – Mastering Servlet and JSP with
RAD V7.5
 RD815 – Mastering Web Application
Development with RAD V7.5
 RD250 – Java SCA Development with
Rational Application Developer V8.0
Test 319,
IBM WebSphere
Application Server
Developer Tools V8.5 with
Liberty Profile
Contact IBM Rational
Education for additional
Java EE application
development courses
Course updates for WAS V8.5.5.2 in Plan:
ZA583 – WAS Liberty for Admins (1 day)
VYtbd – WAS Liberty for Developers (1/2
day)
 W / ZD373 – Developing Web Applications
with WDT and Liberty (2 days) (in queue)
 W / ZD353 – Developing EJB Applications
for WAS (3 days) (in queue)
Q2’14 – Q4’14
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WebSphere Education Programs
JEE Application Development
Training paths: http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0007624
and http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/zz/en?pageType=page&c=R904880K24589L61
Available
Offerings
WebSphere Education
 W/ZD104 – Fundamentals of
Enterprise OSGi with IBM
WebSphere Application Server V8.5
(1 day)
Curriculum Status
 Test 319 – Certification test for
developer with WDT and WAS LP
Courses in
Development
2Q2013
 W / VY583 – WAS Liberty for
Admins (1 day, SPVC or BYOD)
Future Planned
Offerings
3Q2014
 VYtbd - WAS Liberty for
application developers (1/2 day with
BYOD labs or on BlueMix)
 WD352 - Developing EJB 3
Applications for WAS V7
 WD371 - Java EE 5 Development
for WebSphere Application Server
V7
Various WAS V6.1 / RAD V7
courses
4Q2014
 W / ZD353 – Developing EJB
Applications for WAS V8.5.5 (3
days) (in queue)
Rational Education
RD810 – Mastering Servlet, JSP
Development with RAD
RD815 – Mastering Web
Application Development with RAD
RV030 – Developing Web
Applications with JSF using RAD V7
 RV085 - Developing Web
Applications with JSF using RAD V8
RD/YD250 – Java SCA
Development with RAD
Development
Jeannie Lacy
Manager
 W / ZD373 – Developing Web
Applications with WDT and
Liberty Profile (2 day) (in queue)
Various WAS V6.0 / RAD V6.0
courses
WebSphere Education Contacts
Curriculum
Hamid Karbasi
Architect
Product eGA Information
WAS V8
06/17/2011
WAS V8.5
June/15/2012
WAS V8.5.5
June/14/2013
WAS V8.5.5.2
June/13/2014
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Course updates for WAS Vnext in Plan:
 ZA583 – Using WAS Liberty Profile
 WD / ZD330 – Rest Services for Mobile
Application Development (2 days – in
queue)
Q2-Q3’14
ZD326 – REST Web Services
for Mobile Applications (1/2 day)
WD507 – Rest Service
Also referenced
Redbooks
Development with Java
W / ZD506 - Web Service
Development for IBM WebSphere
Application Server V7
WAS V8.5.5.2
Q2’14
ZD511, ZD512, ZD513 (SPVC
modules of ZD506)
WAS V8.5.5
eGA 6/14/13
Announce
April 2014
eGA 6/13/14
WAS V8.5
eGA 6/15/12
Test 371,
Web Services Development
for WebSphere Application
Server V7.0
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WebSphere Education Programs
Web Services Development
Training path: http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0007624
Available
Offerings
WebSphere Education
 ZD326 – REST Web Services
for Mobile Applications (1/2 day)
Curriculum Status
 W /ZD506 - Web Service
Development for IBM
WebSphere Application Server
V7
 ZD511, ZD512, ZD513 (SPVC
modules of ZD506)
 WD507 – Rest Service
Development with Java
Courses in
Development
2Q2013
 none
Future Planned
Offerings
3Q2014
 ZDtbd – WAS Liberty for
developers
WebSphere Education Contacts
Development
Agata Muszycka-
Manager
Jones
Curriculum
Hamid Karbasi
4Q2014
 WD / ZD330 – Rest Services for
Mobile Application Development (2
days – in queue)
Architect
Product eGA Information
WAS V8
06/17/2011
WAS V8.5
June/15/2012
WAS V8.5.5
June/14/2013
WAS V8.5.5.2
June/13/2014
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Training paths
 Training paths include additional resources, such as:
– Redbooks, Redpieces and other ITSO publications
– Product InfoCenter
– Getting started material
– Assets on developerWorks
– YouTube videos produced by IBM
– Certification tests
– Links to courses in other IBM brands and training paths
 Training paths are role-based
 There is web version for online viewing and navigation to course
descriptions
 There is PDF version for download which also has online navigation
capability
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Sample training path (1 of 3)
 The training paths for WebSphere Application Server at:
– http://www.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0007623
 PDF version is also available online
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Sample training path for WebSphere Application Server( 2 of 3)
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Sample training path for WebSphere Application Server ( 3 of 3)
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