Seth
MD Party Room
Microsoft DreamSpark offers select high school and university students free use of Windows Server 2008 R2: Standard Edition.
Of note, Microsoft DreamSpark offers students free use of a variety of Microsoft software. Notable titles include SQL Server Developer 2008, Visual Studio Professional 2008, Expression Studio 2, and more.
I myself have download Visual Studio. I feel it wonderful that MS has been doing alot for students lately. Microsoft DreamSpark