Coming Soon

Below are proposed course titles and release dates for new content on MyInterskill’s Learning Management Systems (LMS). While Interskill endeavors to release all courses as listed, actual course titles and release dates may vary. As a customer, you automatically receive access to new courses and updates, unless specified in your agreement. Be sure to ENROLL/REGISTER for them when you access the LMS. We add and/or update courses several times per year, so check this page often!*

Interskill Proposed 2023 Courseware Releases

March 2023 Release

Python for z/OS

New introductory course

Cryptography Curriculum

New Quantum Computing Expert Video series:

  • Meet IBM Quantum Computing
  • Qiskit on IBM Z LinuxONE
Managing IBM Z Enterprise Systems Hardware

Updated and expanded Hardware Management Console course.

IBM z/OS Container extensions (IBM zCX)

New introductory course

z/OS UNIX Systems Services Curriculum
  • z/OS UNIX – z/OS UNIX System Services Basics 2.5
  • z/OS UNIX – Interacting with the z/OS UNIX System 2.5
  • z/OS UNIX – Working with z/OS UNIX 2.5
  • z/OS UNIX Labs 2.5

June 2023 Release

z/VM Curriculum

All courses updated to z/VM 7.3

z/OS Connect Curriculum
  • z/OS Connect EE – Administration (NEW)
  • z/OS Connect EE Installation and Configuration
  • Managing and Monitoring z/OS Connect EE
  • z/OS Connect EE – Administration Mastery Test
Data Center Storage Management Curriculum

Storage – Introduction to Storage and Disk Systems 2.5
Storage – Understanding Tape Storage 2.5
Storage – Managing z/OS Data Using DFSMS Constructs 2.5
Storage – Storage and Tape Administration Using DFSMShsm and DFSMSrmm 2.5
Storage – Networks, Administration, and DASD Management Using ICKDSF 2.5

Containers, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker

New introductory course

VSAM Curriculum

Update and restructure into the following courses:

  • VSAM – Essentials 2.5
  • VSAM – Creating VSAM Data Sets 2.5
  • VSAM – Using IDCAMS to List and Copy VSAM Data 2.5
  • VSAM – Managing VSAM Data 2.5
  • VSAM – Advanced – Tips and Tricks 2.5
Parallel Sysplex Curriculum
  • Parallel Sysplex – Fundamentals 2.5
z/OS Management Facility Curriculum
  • z/OSMF – The IBM z/OS Management Facility 2.5 Updated with a new module on “Cloud Provisioning and Management” added.
Mainframe Security Curriculum
  • Introduction to Mainframe Security 2.5
zEnterprise Curriculum
  • IBM Z – Introduction to LinuxONE (updated to latest release)
Disaster Recovery Curriculum

Business Continuity curriculum updated and expanded to include a new course aimed at Management and another aimed at Systems Programmers.

New Hands-On Labs
  • Db2
  • CICS

Proposed Q3 and Q4 2023 Releases

Quantum Computing Curriculum
  • Quantum Computer Science
  • Quantum Algorithms
  • IBM Z – Preparing for Quantum Safe Cryptography
  • Qiskit Introduction
Security Curriculum
  • RACF Introduction 2.5
  • Defining and Managing Users in RACF 2.5
  • Managing RACF Groups and Administrative Authorities 2.5
  • Protecting Data Sets Using RACF 2.5
  • Protecting General Resources Using RACF 2.5
  • Managing Digital Certificates 2.5
  • RACF and z/OS UNIX 2.5
  • RACF For System Programmers 2.5
  • RACF for Auditors 2.5
  • zSecure (Introduction)
IBM Mainframe Communications Curriculum
  • Comms – IBM Mainframe Communications Concepts 2.5
  • Comms – Monitoring and Controlling VTAM and TCP/IP 2.5
  • Comms – Mainframe Network Architecture 2.5
  • Comms – Advanced Mainframe Networking 2.5
  • Comms – z/OS Communications Server Network Security 2.5
  • Comms – VTAM Command Simulations 2.5
  • Comms – Mainframe Network Communications Assessment 2.5
IBM Mainframe Performance and Capacity Management Curriculum
  • Z Performance – Introduction to Mainframe Performance 2.5
  • Z Performance – z/OS I/O Performance and Capacity Planning 2.5
  • Z Performance – z/OS Performance Tools and Software Pricing 2.5
  • Z Performance – z/OS Workload Manager 2.5
Database Curriculum (new content, restructured, and updated)
  • Databases – Introduction to Databases and Database Managers
  • Databases – Introduction to SQL
  • Databases – Advanced SQL
  • Databases – Database Manager Resources
  • Database Communication
  • Db2 – Introduction to Db2
  • Db2 – Creating and Maintaining Db2 Programs
  • Db2 – Optimizing Db2 Application Performance
  • Db2 – Introduction to Db2 on z/OS
  • Db2 – Managing Db2 Operations on z/OS
REXX Curriculum (new content, restructured, and updated)
  • REXX – Fundamentals
  • REXX – Coding and Execution Basics
  • REXX – General REXX Instructions
  • REXX – Basic REXX Functions and Subroutines
  • REXX – Manipulating and Converting Data
  • REXX – Program Flow
  • REXX – Handling Errors
  • REXX – Working in the TSO/E Environment
  • REXX – Host Commands and System REXX
  • REXX – Other Distributions
CLIST Curriculum

Restructure and update of exiting CLIST course

Cryptography Curriculum

Update of existing Cryptography course

Proposed New Curriculum/Courses*

  • GDPS
  • ISPF Dialog (Introduction)
  • IBM Z NetView (Introduction)
  • TADz (Introduction)
  • Ansible and SCM for z/OS (Introduction)
  • WAZI (Introduction)
  • Node.js for z/OS (Introduction)
  • RESTful Programming(Introduction)
  • Go on z/OS (Introduction)
  • IPCS

*Note that these releases are subject to change.