Creating a development environment for SharePoint

Question

I haven\'t touched sharepoint in years. If I want to setup a development environment to get up to speed, what options do I have? I don\'t have an MSDN license, is there an

Answer 1

There is no way you can have a MOSS 2007/WSS 3.0 development for free but a Microsoft Action Pact is so cheap to get. :)

There is a nice blog to read to get the requirements and the steps to get a full MOSS 2007 image up and running here : How to Create a MOSS 2007 VPC Image: The Whole 9 Yards.