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Just signed up and wanted to say hello. I plan on 71 soon but must study to assure passing. I will be reviewing post and thanks in advance for any help I receive.

I see there is a 270 forum I am going to concentrate in that forum and will return to this one after passing 270 or when I study for 271

(From MCDST)

Hi all
I have finally decided to pursue my Cert. Thought about it 10 years ago and did not follow through. Thanks for any help in advance. I want to take my 270 by the end of July. This is the best forums I have seen.

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veritas_libertas

Welcome!

earweed

Welcome to TE!
Be sure to check through this forum for answers to your questions. A lot of people have been through the same path your going. Don't hesitate to ask questions as others may have the same questions (or variations of the same question) as you have. There are a lot of knowledgable people here at TE.
Be sure to check out the sticky thread for resources in this forum as I've heard it's really helpful.

RobertKaucher

raptor63 wrote: »

I see there is a 270 forum I am going to concentrate in that forum and will return to this one after passing 270 or when I study for 271

Unless there is a real reason to take the 270 and the 271 I would urge against it. Although the 271 lacks the depth of the 270 many of the objectives are the same. If you are, for example, studying for the MCDST and MCSA/MCSE I would suggest you take the 271, 272, 680 Windows 7. This way you will have your MCP on Win XP and still have a more up to date OS exam as well.

271
272
MCDST
290
680
291
MCSA
293
294
297
(another elective such as SharePoint)
MCSE

I see much better value in your money having higher level certification rather than getting 2 XP certs.

mikej412

Welcome to TE!

Through the end of the year anyone earning the A+ still gets a "lifetime" certification.... so your "old school" A+ still counts as a Certification.

Ahriakin

Welcome to the club

rogue2shadow

Welcome to TE!

Devilsbane

RobertKaucher wrote: »

271
272
MCDST
290
680
291
MCSA
293
294
297
(another elective such as SharePoint)
MCSE

I see much better value in your money having higher level certification rather than getting 2 XP certs.

The 271/272 covers workstation problems. The 270, despite being titled XP, seems mostly based on a server enviornment. You will we walking into a lot of things that you wouldn't think you should find. Most of those things will show up again on the 290 though. So even if you skipped the 270, I don't think you would miss a whole lot.

If I could do it again, I might take this approach. But I don't regret the way I went.

Welcome to TE and good luck with your studies.

raptor63

I have all ready gotten some wonderful help here. I will be takeing my 271 and 272 for my MCDST

fly2dw

Welcome

I am a new member myself, and found the forum to be very helpful.

RobertKaucher wrote: »

Unless there is a real reason to take the 270 and the 271 I would urge against it. Although the 271 lacks the depth of the 270 many of the objectives are the same. If you are, for example, studying for the MCDST and MCSA/MCSE I would suggest you take the 271, 272, 680 Windows 7. This way you will have your MCP on Win XP and still have a more up to date OS exam as well.

Totally agree with Roberts comment here. It will be well worth you getting the Windows 7 cert 70-680 after the MCDST. 70-680 will set you up with image deployment and introduce you to server related concepts, as well as a hands on to Windows 7 OS.

Devilsbane

fly2dw wrote: »

I am a new member myself, and found the forum to be very helpful.

Welcome to you as well.

earweed

fly2dw wrote: »

Welcome

I am a new member myself, and found the forum to be very helpful.

Totally agree with Roberts comment here. It will be well worth you getting the Windows 7 cert 70-680 after the MCDST. 70-680 will set you up with image deployment and introduce you to server related concepts, as well as a hands on to Windows 7 OS.

If he wanted to he could just take the 70-682 and be MCITP:EDST 7 which might be a good move for him.

Devilsbane

phoeneous wrote: »

If you do decide to take 270, do not underestimate it, it is a very challenging exam. Best of luck.

I'll second that.

fly2dw

Devilsbane wrote: »

Welcome to you as well.

Sorry for late reply, did not see this post.

Thank you Devilsbane