What to use as Sharepoint platform?

During the 2009, the year of the global recession, there were not many operating systems released. This means that, if you are thinking of installing Sharepoint - you will probably have to choose one of two available Microsoft server operating systems - either Windows 2003 Server or Windows 2008 Server. Since, Windows 2003 Server (R2) version is on the market for some time - I would recommend that you pick Windows 2003 Server as your platform for Sharepoint. Although, Windows 2008 is better option in some cases (especially) because of its improvements in the field of security, Windows 2008 has some miles to do on Sharepoint road to prove itself. Anyway - any of the two operating systems is good option nowdays. One thing you need to keep in mind is that Windows 2008 will be fully supported by Microsoft in years to come i.e. Windows 2008 mainstream support will be retired on 7/9/2013 (extended support retirement on 7/10/2018). Situation with Windows 2003 (R2) is a bit different - mainstream support retirement on 7/13/2010, extended support retirement on 7/14/2015. For more information on support policy, go to Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy FAQ.

One other thing is that you really need to think about (1st)Sharepoint virtualization and (2nd)going 64-bit with Sharepoint. There are many benefits of Sharepoint virtualization. Virtualization gives you much flexibility in system architecture because of the nature of virtualized platform.

12 Hive

I love MS Sharepoint - don't you? That is why I started this blog. You are probably asking yourself - why "12 Hive". Well, if you google "12 Hive" - you will find out that 12 Hive is the location where MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 keep their files on the file system. If you are learning about Sharepoint - this is the location you need to remember. 12 Hive is C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12 :)

That is all for today!
BR,
Damir.