Earlier today I talked briefly to some students at Reading about some great websites for getting hold of software they will need for their degrees at much reduced costs to what they would normally have to spend.

I’ve collected those links below, so drop in and have a look to see what you can get!

Team Foundation Server is a product that Microsoft have been selling to work with Visual Studio for many years now. Over time it has evolved, and with the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2010, I thought now would be a great time to check out Team Foundation Server in more detail; specifically how it can help students get their projects done faster and better.

Team Foundation Server used to be the companion to Visual Studio Team System (which acted as the client). With VS 2010, Team System has been integrated into the core of Visual Studio. This provides two benefits – better support as it’s baked right in, and more students can get access to it for free!

There are 3 main targets of Team System:

Microsoft have gradually been increasing the number of student-oriented sites, services, tools and technologies that they are producing.

Whether this is DreamSpark, the Imagine Cup, great deals on web hosting, new education tools, web sites or Facebook pages, there is so many ways for students to get loads more out of  Microsoft – and for very little money!

Now Microsoft have made a whole load of this available for you on your mobile phones. Read on about s2dent.mobi, the mobile student portal for all things Microsoft.