Based on my previous post , one question that came up was - How do I, as a tester, know what test points are assigned to me? In Test->Run Tests, you can click on Filter on the left side to do filtering by Tester and\or Configurations.  Refer the...

Need a tool for restructuring your UI Map files? Check out UI Map Toolbox on CodePlex by Rasmus .

FAQ : In Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), what is the difference between the “Assigned To” field of the Test Case work item and the “Tester” field in MTM.  It seems these to fields are stored independently. So if I assign someone test cases through...

Around the time of release of VS 2010, I published Useful set of utility functions for Coded UI Test .  Recently, I followed it with another utility - Sample XPath utility for Coded UI Test . As a complement to these two sets, Jonathan from community...

As an alternative to Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), users can use tcm.exe command line to run and manage their test cases.  The command line way is particularly useful in running tests in non-interactive way (say via scripts). FAQ: While using “ tcm...

This is guest post by Deepak Mittal, who is Senior Support Engineer in this space. Problem description: Microsoft Test Manager is stuck in "waiting for test controller" status after completion of test execution. Resolution: After completion...

In my previous post , I mentioned about tcm testcase /import scenario.  The tcm testcase /import associates the test case artifact with automation (which is unit test or other test type). Another FAQ related to this scenario is - Q: How can I programmatically...

For running and managing unit tests using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), the users have to do tcm testcase /import of the test assembly.  This step creates a test case work item corresponding to unit test on the client side.  With this, users...

Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) has test runner using which one can do manual testing. One of the features that many folks use while doing manual testing using test runner is the Fast Forward feature. With this feature, a tester can do an action recording...

Some important notes before I talk about the utility - This posting, and the sample herewith, are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at http://www.microsoft...

We have added multiline support in test steps in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).  The multiline support in test steps have been one of the top asks in UserVoice on MTM .  Refer Brian’s blog on more details including how to get this update. Apart...

Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) picks the language settings from OS.  There is no easy way to force MTM to pick alternate settings – say you are using English OS but want MTM be right to left (for example, you are authoring tests in Hebrew). One workaround...

If you want to know how we are using our tools, check out Dinesh Bhat , our QA manager, in this Channel9 video .

A long while back, I had posted a series on extensibility of Coded UI Test .  Mathew Aniyan from my team has added few more posts to the series recently - Custom WPF Control’s custom properties Enabling UI Testing for Third party WinForms custom...

Q) I am running manual test using Test Runner.  In here, I can pause the test and return to Testing Center.  However, after I have done my work in Testing Center, how do I resume my test? A) There is discoverability issue around here and many...

This post continues on the Dev Info from the previous post .   The confusion over what string comparator to use is close second to the #1 coding confusion (mix up between CultureInfo.InvariantCulture and CultureInfo.CurrentCulture ) mentioned earlier...

I have been posting a lot about the product – Coded UI Test and Microsoft Test Manager .  This is my first post probably on the dev topic.  The post is copy\paste of the internal email that I sent to our dev team.  You will find this useful...

Another one of commonly asked question is how can I run Coded UI Test (or any other test type) on a machine without installing Visual Studio on it? You can install Test Agent – the Test Agent is a light-weight install and it is free if you already have...

In my previous post , I mentioned how to get the client side logs for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) for reporting any issues.  In some cases, the client side logs are not enough and to figure out the issues we might need the Team Foundation Server...

Long back I had posted on “ How To: Enable Tracing for UI Test Components ”. The trace files have helpful information that could help the support team debug the problem that you may be running into. Ideally, the steps for enabling tracing...

Many folks have requested that they want to edit the test case while they are running it in test runner . While this is not possible in the current release ( Microsoft Test Manager 2010), there is a poor workaround for this - After starting the test in...

If you are using recording feature of Coded UI Test or Fast Forward feature of Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) and getting the following error - The last action was not recorded because access to the application was denied there could be two reasons for...

We have released new power tool called Test Attachment Cleaner that can be used to delete unwanted attachments test attachments from the TFS. For more details, refer here .

We released Feature Pack 2 for Visual Studio 2010 yesterday.  This feature pack is mostly targeted for testing functionalities around Coded UI Test and Fast Forward feature of Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).  The functionality here includes -...

We recently released a rollup QFE for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) that contains fixes for some crashes, memory leaks and other issues reported. This patch is available for public download on Connect Some of the more common issues that we have heard have...