I am going for it
after I finish Network+ and Security+ I am going for the MCDST, try to cram it in before the March retirement...
so far I really like the Sybex books for A+ and Network+, what's a good resource for MCDST?
so far I really like the Sybex books for A+ and Network+, what's a good resource for MCDST?
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CWTS, then WireShark
CWTS, then WireShark
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Amazon.com: MCDST Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-271): Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Microsoft Windows XP Operating System (Pro-Certification) (9780735622272): Walter Glenn, Tony Northrup: Books
Amazon.com: MCDST Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-272): Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on Microsoft Windows XP (Pro-Certification) (9780735622210): Walter Glenn, Tony Northrup: Books
Why not Windows 7 exam, 70-680?
i saw those books listed on Amazon, but they are way longer than the Sybex book, but the Sybex one was also poorly reviewed.... I won't decide until middle December on which book to buy
CWTS, then WireShark
Any news on your studies?
and it is written by Bill Ferguson, and I really liked his Network+ Review Guide...
Security+ is set for Dec 22nd, so Dec 23rd I should start MCDST studies, going to order the book this week with Amazon Prime. I did already by an app for my blackberry for MCDST. I took a short test and got a 60%, so I figure with a book to read, I should do fairly well on the test...
my school is a Microsoft IT Academy, but they do not offer a course on MCDST, but i wrote our administrator to see if she would get me access to Microsoft's E-Learning catalong on MCDST.
CWTS, then WireShark
Well, they are not hard exams. My first MCP was the 271 and I passed in the high 900s. I had kind of given up on the MCDST when I passed my 291 and decided I may as well take the 272 and get my MCSA. I decided that on a Saturday and took the exam on the following Tuesday. I had a little mroe than 2 years experience in IT at that point.
However a friend who took the exams failed both at least once. So, take what I say with a grain of salt.
glad to hear the IT Academy courses are good, I would hate to raise a fuss about getting access to the classes and then find them useless
CWTS, then WireShark
I was thinking that I could do each test in about 2 weeks, but that only gives me about a month cushion.
These will be cake after the MCSE.
I imagine they would be. I'd probably just cruise through the nuggets and do some random study online and see what happens.
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