Will MCDST retire?

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As the 70-271 & 70-272 exams retire on June 30 2011, am I right in thinking that my MCDST cert will not retire as well?

Will I still be able to use this cert as an 'Elective' after this date if I were to say do an MCSA on Server 2003?

Thanks

 

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You'll still be an MCDST after June

Also, I'm pretty sure that Windows 2000 exams still count as electives towards the MCSA/E series exams, and they were retired a while ago.

 

The MCDST retirement date has been extended to June 30th.

If you have passed both 70-271 & 70-272 exams by then you will be MCDST for life and you can use that as an elective.

 

Thanks for the quick reply's guys.

Just to confuse matters even more...

If I pass the MCSA 2003 with MCDST as my elective and 70-680 as my client exam ...

Then I go for the MCSE 2003 - am I allowed to use the MCSA as an elective and re-use 70-680 as my client for that?

 

Even if an exam is retired, you can still use it for an elective if you have passed it. For example, 70-210 (which has been retired for a number of years) can still be used as the client requirement for the MCSA and MCSE: link

 

Sorry, I think you've mis-understood my question.

What I wanted to know was am I able to re-use the 70-680 exam as my client exam for an MCSE 2003 if I have already used it as the client for the MCSA 2003?

 

The MCSA and MCSE are two different entities, so you can use the same exam as a prerequisite/client exam or elective for different "Achievement Levels" so yes basically.

 

Thank you very much!