Me and my friend decided to work on a ASP.NET 3.5. But the issue we are facing that he is in different state, the only source of communication is internet.
Is there any way we can use VSS [Microsoft Visual Source Safe], or similar tools, to keep our code on server and avail the same facilities like check in and check out. So that we can work on same code? As this is for academic project, I am looking for something free service over the internet.
Any reason you want to use VSS? it's pretty dated. There are quite a few places that host free subversion/git/etc repositories, this is one of them:
Here's a list that might prove interesting:
http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2005/04/27/Hosted-source-control.aspx
You might need SourceAnywhere for VSS - an add-on tool of VSS. With it, you or your friend can remotely access the VSS database. Also, it can be integrated with .NET IDE.
FYI, the software comes with only 30-day free trial (but you can ask for extended license if you need). If 30 - 60 days are enough for your academic project, the software is recommneded.