Got a DreamSpark Premium account, now what?

hoktauri

I recently got a free DreamSpark Premium account and it has a ton of Microsoft products in it, what would I get the most out of learning? Don't really have any specific area to stick with, I just want to actually get something out of it. Possibly having it in a VM I could use as part of a portfolio would be nice as well but not the primary driver.


Totally unrelated question: How can I learn SharePoint without working somewhere that uses it?

eansdad

Create a sharepoint server and play with it.

Download the server OSes and create a virtual domain to play in. Download different desktop OSes and add them to your domain. Create a SharePoint server, Forefront server and whatever else tickles your fancy.

datgirl

eansdad wrote: »

Create a sharepoint server and play with it.

Download the server OSes and create a virtual domain to play in. Download different desktop OSes and add them to your domain. Create a SharePoint server, Forefront server and whatever else tickles your fancy.

I agree, downloading some of the server OSs, and setting up a test environment with some UNIX servers and Microsoft and NIX clients on VMs could be fun and informative.