Create a development environment for SharePoint

Question

I have not touched sharepoint for years. If I want to set up a development environment to speed up, what options do I have? I do not have an MSDN license, is there anyway, can I get started for free? (for development only)

Answer 1

You need a Windows 2003 server (or server 2008, but I have no experience with this), there is no way around this. You can, of course, use Visual C # 2005 Express and SHarepoint Services 3.0 if that is your goal.

If you want to do development on Sharepoint 2007, you need to buy a Sharepoint 2007 license, which has a fairly high fee attached to it.

Like SQL, SQL 2005 Express works great for development.

There is a good article on how to set up Sharepoint on a single server:

http://blogs.msdn.com/martinkearn/archive/2007/03/28/how-to-install-sharepoint-server-2007-on-a-single-machine.aspx

You can use the trial version of Windows 2003 and Sharepoint 2007, although if it is only necessary for a limited time (I believe that Trials works in 180 days).

Answer 2

You cannot create MOSS 2007 / WSS 3.0 for free, but Microsoft Action Pact is so cheap to get. :)

There is a good reading blog to get the requirements and steps to get the full image of MOSS 2007 and run here: How to create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: Only 9 yards .

Answer 3

An action package is a fantastic value from which you can use Windows Server, as well as SharePoint Enterprise / Standard.

Answer 4

If you just (re) start in SharePoint, it’s very important to use WSS 3.0 and not use MOSS 2007 yet. The main vocabulary will be exactly the same when developing the level, and you can achieve a huge amount without even feeling that you need MOSS to to study.

Answer 5

You can always download a trial version of Sharepoint VM here , and then install the express version of visual studio.

Answer 6

You can download VHD Office SharePoint Server from Microsoft. This allows you to run virtual Windows Server and SharePoint Server on your personal machine using Virtual Server.

I recently went through this process and wrote a blog article describing how to set up a virtual Office SharePoint Server .