OpsMgr Authoring Console (Release Candidate including SP1 Support) has released to the Web.

Take a look in the Authoring Management Packs section of the following page https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/default.aspx for 32-bit and 64-bit downloads of the release candidate.

The Authoring Guide is also available for download from the same page.

 

Quick links :

32-bit AuthConsole: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111841

64-bit AuthConsole: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=111842

Authoring Guide: https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OM2007_AuthGuide.doc