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Check the post here to find out what’s new in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) in Visual Studio 2012 RC!

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Typing “CTRL + G” anywhere in MTM will pop up below dialog. You can enter the work item (bug, test case etc) id and go to that work item quickly!

  The Test Scribe Power Tool, which is used to generate documentation for test plan and test run for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) has been updated for MTM 11 Beta.  The updated version is here .  The MTM 2010 version continues to be here...

Last week we released updated set of Power Tools for TFS 11 Beta .  This release also includes updated version of Test Attachment Cleaner tool for deleting test attachments created by Microsoft Test Manager (MTM). Apart from support for TFS 11 Beta...

Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) is forward and backward compatible with TFS.  This mean you can use - MTM 2010 with TFS 11.  To do so, you need to install the Compatibility GDR . MTM 11 with TFS 2010.  This is supported without any extra install...

Some of you may have faced the problem of test attachments growing too fast in TFS with Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).  As you know, the test attachments can be cleaned using Test Attachment Cleaner tool which is part of TFS Power Tools .  However...

We have completed the release of the Test Case Migrator Plus (V1.2 RTM) on CodePlex. What's new for the V1.2 RTM version Support for connecting to Hosted Team Foundation Server Preview . Support for connecting to Team Foundation Server 11 Beta . Fix to...

We released Beta of Visual Studio 11 yesterday.  This also includes Beta of Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 11.  You can read about the new features of MTM 11 in blog by Nivedita . As mentioned by Nivedita and earlier by Brian , we have invested...

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...

NOTE: If you installing above HotFix, it is advisable to install this one too - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2625302 and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2673532. In fact, read about the latter one ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2673532) and you...

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...