After ~5 years @ Microsoft, it's time to move on. I will continue writing on my learnings and on my new journey at http://sriramhere.wordpress.com/ . Stay tuned... I would like to thank Microsoft for all the opportunities provided. It's a cliche, but...

Common perception about SDETs @ Microsoft among non-Microsoft people that I talk to is that they don't code. It is my humble attempt here to explain why it is not the case. Please note that, this post is not about the effectiveness of any particular...

Hello Hyper-V Enthusiasts! You must be all excited to hear about boot from flash capability of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and you want it too! Virtual PC Guy has a nice entry on this here . Though it is specifically designed for our OEM partners...

What if your test system only declares pass or fail and no more messages? How would you analyze the test results? What if a sample run looks like: test1 FAIL test2 FAIL test3 FAIL test4 PASS test5 FAIL I guess one needs to have a checklist...

It's been a while since I joined this group. My experience here has given me a chance to find out (to an extent) what they were looking for during my interview. Though I am not in the interview loop yet, I could see what they are looking for. That puts...

In most of the universities in the US a course on Compilers is a mandatory requirement towards completing BS in Computer Science ...

If you are here this far, you are more likely to know what Phoenix is. I am one of the QA team that ensures the quality and correcness of the Phoenix backend. My day to day activity involves writing, developing and maintaining test plans, and ofcourse...