I never had a chance to officially touch “Microsoft Sharepoint” till now, and colleagues around me acquired different skill levels in it. Some even went on to be Microsoft MVP in sharepoint (Saifullah Shafiq) and some even joined Microsoft itself (Irfan Bashir Malik aka IBM) based on its expertise.
At last I too got an opportunity to dirty my hand in this technology. I did some work for one of our clients, and am involved in various phases of its implementation.
After going through all this, I thought of exploring it further, and have setup a draft for myself. I do not have enough hardware to create a physical workable environment, so I have decided to use Microsoft Virtual Server for virtualizing everything, and would create my intranet on it.
I will start with Windows Sharepoint Services 2.0 and Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2003. I know some would say, why not with the earliest version. I think this would be enough to test all recent upgrade and migration issues, as these were the latest being used.
I will need all of my viewers to help me go through this learning process and help me sort out various issues, which hits me through this time.