We are pleased to announce that IBM Z Development and Test Environment capabilities software trial with hands-on tutorial and short step by step walk-through has been launched today on a cloud based environment where you can try at zero cost and no installation.

In this trial, hands-on tutorial is provided to show how you can have your own personal development environment!

Find out more through here - IBM Z software trial

This no-charge trial is available within two hours for 3 days including weekends. 

New Z Trial scenarios available from Dec 21 so that you can explore the following scenarios

•Run a sample CICS application on IBM Z and familiarize yourself with its usage

•Learn how to use ZD&T tools to enable easy creation of the start, base z/OS image that comes with ZD&T, and deploy it to your own ZD&T environment

•Prepare CICS and Db2 on your own ZD&T environment, and use ZD&T tools to get just the applications components you need from IBM Z to ZD&T. Now you have a personal development environment!

We love hearing from our users on their IBM Z trial experience. Happy exploring and let us know your thoughts!

Useful Resources:

Product Overview: Flexible mainframe development and test on x86 hardware

Library - Collection of Announcement Letters

Instructions on downloading e-assemblies from Passport Advantage

Defect fixes/RFEs: Learn more