cppwiz (5/8/2015)
Let me suggest two alternatives to boot camps:Neither of these will directly prepare you for certification, but they will give you a much broader learning opportunity. So the question that only you can answer is why do you want to get certified?
If it's just to get the acronym to add to your resume/email signature/business card so that people stop pigeon-holing you as an AS400 programmer, then a bootcamp is the quickest way to achieve that objective. However most of us "old-timers" think that bootcamps are "so 1999" so don't be surprised if people dismiss you as a "paper MCSA/E" when they learn about your certification journey.
If you decide to get certified, either do it quickly (before September 2015) or wait until next year because SQL Server 2016 will be in public beta release this summer. The current generation of SQL Server 2012 certifications that are in the market will begin to look dated once SQL Server 2016 is released.
I don't have any recommendations for boot camps; the best advice I have is to reach out to Gail (GilaMonster) as she has offered to refer you to some good week long courses.
Microsoft used to have an eLearning online course for SQL and they had a online specific class about replication. I used it and it in 2010 and found it helpful. It was like $180 for a year of access to the online course but I don't think it exists anymore (I just spent some searching for it and it appears that Microsoft has scrapped the eLearning as it existed 5 years ago).
The other suggestion that was made was SQL PASS. SQL PASS is awesome for many reasons and I would highly recommend that you go. Unfortunately it's in November so that won't help you in the near future. When it does come around - go. There will be sessions on Replication I'm sure. Also, you can spend time with the SQL CAT people - they are like the Navy Seals Team of SQL server and you can spend a lot of one-on-one time with them discussing replication. The next best thing to PASS is a SQL Saturday - you can go to that which is like a one-day boot camp.
-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001