If you do not have net connection in that case what you need is a lappy or desktop with recommended 2 GB ram and windows xp with latest service pack and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 installed on top of it.Once that is ready download.While downloading please see what your os is xp anyways is 32 bit but if you have vista there might be possibility of having 64 bit flavour in that case 64 bit Microsoft virtual pc need to be downloaded and installed.Now in Virtual pc console you can add existing virtual machine which you need to download at Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 SP1 Developer Evaluation VPC Image.While adding new machine make sure you select windows server 2003 as os and memory recommended you give is 1024 MB out of 2GB available.
Other VHDs available on Microsoft on technet are here. It seems Microsoft Has removed dev vpc image for moss 2007 if you need it contact some body who earlier downloaded it.But still if you get nobody I have one and I share it with developers who attend my sessions which i conduct in pune,maharashtra,india.Another alternative is use Microsoft BI image or dynamic crm image as Moss 2007 image but that's very huge download but a good last option.The links for download are below
If you are ready to provide your info to one of Microsoft gold partner they provide download facility here
Remember that none of this VHD image can be used or attempted to be used for internal or external production purpose it is only for developers like us cheers.If you have product key for moss 2007 and wish to do sample installation on VHD this is fantastic codeproject resource step by step .
Our friend at pptspaces.com also has explained following steps to build MOSS 2007 environment
In a nutshell following diagram represents environment requirement and application\components of moss
This was for wss 3.0 and moss 2007 online or offline dev environments what about 2010 we will see in next post. So build your environment or start using Microsoft virtual labs for becoming sharepointer :).Do post your questions issues and comments.I will try my best to suggest resolution or direct it to right chap. Cheers and Happy sharepoint weekend to all....
Last but not least I wish to dedicate this post to Annaji Hazare who is fighting against corruption in india.
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