MCDST worries

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Hi

Im doing the MCDST 272 exam on august the 17th but i seem to be strugiling passing any of the measureup text exams anyone have any tips advice or a mirical handy

 

Yes it has, retired on the 30th June.

Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Microsoft Windows XP Operating System 

 

the test has not been stoped its still runing untill november but the corce on it has

 

The exam has retired? Log onto prometric and try and book?

Microsoft Certification Exam Development l New Certification Exams l Discontinued IT Exams

 

i just finished college and i have an exam booked for the 17th of august and got a voucher for the 2nd test enrolement and other bits have been stoped but if u have completed the corce before the end of may you can still take the exam untill the end of november

 

I'd be very surprised.
Where are you getting this information?
There is nothing to prevent people providing training courses in MCDST for as long as they want.
But you can't sit the exam after it has retired.

 

its manchester college i have the booking confermations from prometric aswell as about 4 others in our class

 

Could this be the 73-272 as opposed to the 70-272?

 

70-272

 

Cool bananas if you can still do the 70-272.

I used the official press book and also the Sybex book and CBT Nuggets videos.

I think i've read somewhere that the MeasureUp tests are harder than the actual exam. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong....

Good luck with it =)

 

u got any links or something to the videos cant seem to get my head into this i know the answer but cant get it the microsoft way when u have to move the the things from 1 side to the other in order

 

Sybex book: MCDST - Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician Study Guide: Exams 70-271 and 70-272: Amazon.co.uk: Bill Ferguson, Brad Causey: Books

CBT Nuggets: Microsoft MCDST Certification Package

 

thanks for your help

 

73 just means the voucher is from an MS Academy, 70 would be if bought through regular channels. Interestingly prometric don't list the 73-272 when you try and book it using that type of voucher. Just takes a phone call to them to sort it though.

As for the whether or not the exam is still allowable? It wouldn't surprise me if prometric are still allowing bookings but MS turn around and say tough luck. MS are definitely saying that the exam retired at the end of June. Prometric have been known to get these things wrong before ...

It would be ashame for you and your fellow students to put the work in only to find out it was pointless. I'd get an answer from MS if you can Ozzy, don't take prometrics word for it ...

 

Thanks for sharing!