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Free MCDST Study Guides

There aren't that many pure study guides (that are free) solely focussing on the MCDST exams right now (the exam is relatively new). There are however literally tons of free XP training sites if you care to go looking. The best bet for studying for the MCDST exam is to work backwards from the list of objectives for both the 70-271 and 70-272 exams and make sure that you know how to complete all the tasks set out in those objectives. The following links to free material should hopefully help you in that task...


http://www.microsoft.com/technet//winxphow.mspx Microsoft's own library of XP tutorials
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/nal.mspx A number of XP demo training modules
http://www.examcram2.com/p?32154 Sample chapter from the Exam Cram book for 70-271
http://www.examcram2.com/p?p=376 Sample chapter from the Exam Cram book for 70-272
http://www.2000trainers.com/section.sectionID=4&tab=articles Bunch of XP related tutorials
http://www.certifyexpress.com/pdf/70-270.pdf Study notes for the 270 exam, but some info overlaps for the MCDST
http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windowsxp/ A few simple XP training modules http://www.greenhorntutor.com/index.htm Lots of XP training tutorials for all levels http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/1490961 A very good set of XP admin tutorials
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ch07.html Sample Chapter from XP in a Nutshell - Networking
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/4.html another sample chapter on XP applications and tools
http://www.winxpsolution.com/ault.aspx Clean site with lots of XP related tutorials
http://xpadmin.fw.hu/ XP Admin guide

And don't forget to sign up for many of the free computer magazine subscriptions - lots of good info in them, and they're completely free (see the banner to the left).



Free MCDST Practice questions


If you're definitely going to do this exam, then make sure you pay for your exams with vouchers - you'll save money on the exams and get free training material thrown in as well. Check here for details.

http://www.msmeasureup.com/home.asp#6 Couple of free XP skills assessment quizes
http://www.selftestsoftware.com/product_id=70-271 Free demo to download for the 70-271
http://www.selftestsoftware.com/product_id=70-272 And another free demo for the 70-272
http://www.studytests.com/70-271.asp 10 70-271 practice questions to download http://www.cert21.com/82907216.htm 20 free 70-271 questions - need to register first (and there are 20 free 70-272 questions also)
http://www.2000trainers.com/?sectionID=4&tab=exams Some free XP questions to try
http://www.transcender.com/mcdst Practice tests for the 271 and 272
http://www.pass-guaranteed.com//(70-271).pdf 10 free 70-271 practice questions pdf format
http://www.pass-guaranteed.com//(70-272).pdf 10 free 70-272 practice questions pdf format
http://www.elitecertify.com/Microsoft/70-271.pdf Small handful of 271 practice questions
http://www.certquest.net/ Free practice questions for both the 70-271 and 70-272 exams
http://www.chinatag.com/ Demo pdf questions for the 70-271 and 70-272

Don't forget to utlise Google's Microsoft-related search facility when tracking down answers... http://www.google.com/microsoft.html



MCDST Discussion forums


MSoft's own XP discussion group
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcdst MCDST discussion group
Cert21 discussion board
Some MCDST discussion here

Sybex MCDST Study Guide

You can pick up a 'used' copy of this book much cheaper at Amazon



MCDST Self-Paced Training Kit

You can pick up a 'used' copy of this book much cheaper at Amazon


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