STUDENT RESOURCES
Blogs
MIS Laboratory: A blog for tech students and faculty covering a wide range of topics relating to computing science, technology and careers
Windows Phone 7 App Development
MSDN Windows Phone Development Page
Windows Phone 7 Training Kit Download
Imagine Cup Technology Competition
US Imagine Cup Competition Site
Papa Randy's Imagine Cup Resources Page
Cool Technologies
Windows Live Mesh: Create shared folders with team members, friends, family, your mobile phone and your other computers that synch up automatically
Windows Azure: Microsoft's
Cloud Computing Platform
Career
Microsoft Student Career Portal: learn about different tech jobs, the skills required to be successful in those jobs, and where you can learn those skills
IT Career Outlook Presentation: Why you should consider a computer / Information Technology degree major or minor
Resume Workshop: Killer instructions about how to create a resume that will help you bag that interview invitation
Resume Workshop on Thrive Live: recording of a live webcast resume workshop held October 7, 2009 with new updated content
Behavioral Interviewing Video An increasingly common interviewing technique used by high-tech firms, and how to prepare for it
Sample Resumes: Both Good and Bad
Microsoft Student to Business: The Students to Business (S2B) program is a Microsoft® Community Initiative designed to connect Microsoft partners and customers with qualified students for entry-level and internship positions.
Microsoft Jobs Page: Everything related to applying for an internship or job at Microsoft
Web Development
Microsoft Expression Software Website: info, content and tutorials for all the Expression products
Expression Web 2 Quick Start Guide
Personal Web Site Template: Expression Web template customized as a template for a personal job-search
Importing Template into Expression Web: Video demo showing how to download, extract, and import a web site template
Intro to Expression Web: Step-by-Step Instructional Video on Building a Personal Website Using Expression Web
Student/Basic Website Design Principles.pdf
Software Engineering & Development
Microsoft Threat Modeling & Analysis Tool v2.1.2: allows non-security subject matter experts to enter already known information including business requirements and application architecture which is then used to produce a feature-rich threat model
Microsoft SDL Threat Modeling Tool v. 3 : a more technically-deep threat modeling tool for use by developers
Secure Development Lifecycle: PowerPoint presentation giving overview of how Microsoft develops secure software
Writing Secure Code: PowerPoint presentation describing highlights of the Secure Windows Initiative
Free Software for Students and Faculty
DreamSpark: Higher Ed students can download Visual Studio, Expression Web, SQL Server, Windows Server & more for free!
MSDNAA: Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance - a subscription program that provides over 60 MS titles to faculty, labs & students