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You have already used the bug tracking system (WIT) in TFS before. So, we integrated this bug tracking system with MTR so that you can file bugs with a single click from the runner itself. What's the big deal about this you might ask? Well, the big deal
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So, we've been heads down building the latest Rosario CTP of VSTT for you guys. Some good new stuff heading your way... more details when we release it ;-) Meanwhile, like you must be knowing already, Orcas is on it's way to RTM . VSTT has some great
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Manual Test Runner (MTR) is one of the key portions of Rosario with which we are hoping to capture the imagination of the manual tester and make her life much easier than it currently is. The primary intent of the MTR is to help the manual tester create
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Rosario has test case management in a full fledged fashion as part of the VSTST feature set. So, now test cases are first class citizens in the VSTS world with them having their own exclusive test case manager tool window inside the IDE. Test cases are
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If you still(!!!) haven't heard , Rosario CTP is out in the form of a VPC here :) Doug's whitepaper should give you enough info to take it out for a spin. Manual Test Runner(MTR) is a key part of the CTP. It is a tool designed to help manual testers to
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Rosario is the next in line version for Team System after Orcas. And we are doing this CTP when Orcas has not even RTM-ed yet! Isn't that pretty cool? It's been a bit crazy managing multiple releases, but then, we want Rosario to hit the shelves in a
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Since I am a tester on the Test edition of VSTS - I get this q a lot of times: "Do you use VSTST for testing VSTST?" And the answer is "You bet, I do!" :) As you might know already, this is called " Dogfooding ". Many Microsoft products are dogfooded
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There are some really sweet videos over on the asp.net site to help kick start users of VSTS. The videos are typically 8-10 minutes long and to-the-point. Very useful for those that are looking for quick starters or help with a specific scenario. Personally,
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TechMela is the "biggest technical event of the year" in India and will replace the Tech Ed events that Microsoft traditionally had in many cities in India. I'll be part of a VSTT talk on 16th June, specifically talking more about how we use our own Team
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So - you saw Team Build and liked it's cool features that show which check ins went into the build, what work items were resolved in the checkins that went in, running unit tests as part of the build process and displaying results in that nifty little
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Many times, I have been fooled as Andrew has been. In fact, the same error has been reported more than twice from different channels where users had no idea where they were wrong. The properties in the Code Analysis tab of the project properties is as
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For the uninitiated, MQ or Milestone Quality is the newest experiment at Dev Tools. This is a milestone that happens right before the beginning of a new product cycle (which usually starts with M0). This period is supposed to be used to build the right
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After hearing this q a zillion times, I have finally gathered enough enthu to post an entry on this. In fact, this is one of my favourite features in Team Build – the ability to plug in custom tasks at any point in the build process. The tfsbuild.proj
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Of late, I have been hearing qs around code analysis facility in Team Build and how to use it. Team Build can run code analysis on your projects during the build process. Here is a short dump on the feature... Code analysis operates in 3 modes for Team
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Last week when I was checking out a scheduled build feature of some other product, I remembered that this was a post that I had written earlier but I hadn't posted yet... Users of Team Build have asked about how to schedule a build at regular intervals
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