Сдавал экзамен 083-640 целых два дня. В конце концов пришлось сдавать 070-640, так как виртуальную машину им запустить не удалось.
Спустя пару месяцев в почтовом ящике обнаруживаю письмо от Microsoft:
Dear candidate,
Due to performance issues, and in response to customer feedback, Microsoft and Prometric have decided to suspend Exam 083-640 and revert back to Exam 070-640, starting June 2, 2010.
You are receiving this message because you took the Microsoft Certification Exam 083-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring, and you may have personally experienced these issues.
To apologize for any frustration or inconvenience this may have caused you, we are offering one (1) exam voucher for Exam 070-640. You may use this voucher to take Exam 070-640 free of charge before December 31, 2010.
Your voucher number and registration instructions are listed here:
Exam voucher number: 123456ХХХХ
Exam voucher expiration date: December 31, 2010
This voucher number may be used when registering to take this exam at any Prometric testing center – simply visit www.prometric.com/Microsoft to register online.
Our goal is to provide a world-class testing experience when taking Microsoft Certification exams, and to make every effort to ensure your satisfaction. For more information on this decision, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/exam-dev-release.aspx#tab4.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Microsoft Certification program.
Kind regards,
Prometric Candidate Care
Зачем он нужен – не понятно. Экзамен то я по факту уже сдал….