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Canonical to Offer Virtual (and Physical) Classes on Ubuntu Server

Though much of the fanfare in the Ubuntu camp seems to center on the desktop version, its Server Edition has been steadily attracting interest -- and new users. Thanks to the requests of these users and Ubuntu partners, Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has announced it is offering its first official training course dedicated solely to the Ubuntu Server Edition.

There's another new twist, however. While this course will be offered at various partner training centers in June, it will also be offered through a virtual classroom.

The two week long online course starts May 4th, and is open to those located in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. There are limited seats available through Canonical's storefront, but at this time, it appears that two additional sessions will take place later in the year.

The course (descriptively titled "Deploying Ubuntu Server in an Enterprise Environment") is geared toward intermediate and advanced systems administrators who are planning (or have recently switched) to Ubuntu servers in the workplace. The course covers more than new deployments, and peculiarities of Debian-based systems as well as uniquely Ubuntu specifics will be addressed to help attendees with backgrounds in UNIX (or other Linux distributions) make a smooth transition.

Canonical has been increasingly emphasizing the Ubuntu Server Edition, between surveying current users on their installations, and their plans for future deployments and outfitting its October release with a slew of cutting-edge server technologies, centering on virtualization and the cloud. Classroom training is a logical way to keep server deployments on the rise and systems administrators informed and in control. If Canonical's virtual training "trial run" is successful, this reach can only extend further.

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