Most of the books on the Windows 2000 Accelerated exam have the same pitfall; they assume, because the reader got his MCSE, that he or she has been keeping up on all of the latest technology. Of course, say the editors, they've worked intimately with TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP; naturally, they've read all of the preview articles on Active Directory by now, and had the good fortune to work in a network environment, where they got hands-on experience with every facet of Windows NT 4.0... so, we don't have to provide that much entry-level detail.
But that's not always true. Sometimes, you work in a small office that has no need for DNS. Sometimes, you work in a very specific portion of the network, and your expertise is limited to a certain area. And, sometimes, you're still plugging away with your still-shrink-wrapped MCSE credentials, hoping to get enough hands-on experience to break into the field. And, if that's the case, a lot of the Accelerated books might well be right over your head.pitfalls of developing efficient, portable, and flexible networked applications. Softcover.