Visual Studio Team Test

Hello everyone - Please find some answers to the most common questions that we have been getting asked below. We will try to keep this updated over time. Automation Q: What is the difference between what Microsoft Test Manager offers and...

As I talk to customers I find that there are many different work flow models. I use the term “work flow” to describe all the things you do to get complete your objectives. That work flow can be documented and shared with others at the office. Having a...

This month we have some new help topics and updates to existing topics to help you accomplish your testing tasks faster. If there are updates or new topics that you would like to see us cover in the future, please respond to this post. •1)...

Most people don't know about the TestContext object, as it is not one regularly used. However, it can be very handy. Data-Driven Unit Testing The TestContext object's primary purpose IMO is for linking up a unit test with data rows from a data...

In Visual Studio 2010, we introduced the ability to run tests in parallel.  Many machines today have multiple CPU’s or a CPU with multiple cores, so it makes sense that we may want our tests to run in such a way to use all the cores we have available...

MSTEST: 1. Do I need to install full VS to use MSTEST? Is there any light weight option? You need not have full VS to bring in MSTEST. Test agent is a light weight option to bring in MSTEST. Refer to the below link for details: http://blogs.msdn.com/anutthara...

Using ASP.NET unit tests, you can test classes and methods that are part of an ASP.NET web site. This is often very similar to testing anything else, since you can use code generation on classes that are within the App_Code directory for the site. Unfortunately...

Earlier today, S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of Developer Division, announced Visual Studio 2010 Load Test Feature Pack, a new benefit for active and new Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN subscribers to load test their applications with unlimited...

We are letting you know of a few things that are happening in Visual Studio 2010 in regards to generation of Private Accesors and Code Generation. What is Publicize in Visual Studio testing? Publicize is the ability to take internal application...

In Visual Studio 2008, if you wanted to create your own test type, or provide additional functionality that existing test types did not, one would have to create one from scratch. We provided a sample which was available in the Software Development Kit...

In a previous post, Abhishek had talked about the Record and Playback Engine in VSTT 2010 .  The Coded UI Test feature in VSTT 2010 also uses this engine to playback UI actions.  In this post, i will describe the various settings for Playback...

In an earlier blog entry , we have talked about the Test Runner activity in Microsoft Test and Lab Manager (MTLM) and how it allows you to record and capture the UI actions (such as mouse clicks and keyboard input) that the user takes on an Application...

Welcome Hi I’m Michael Brisset a Quality Assurance Engineer for Visual Studio Team System. Welcome to CodeGen University ! While we don’t have diplomas or faculty (or exams) we do have a pretty good football team . Over the next few months I am going...

Today we have released two new Power Tools from Microsoft Research, Pex and Moles.  Pex and Moles are Visual Studio 2010 Powertools that help Unit Testing .NET applications.  Pex automatically generates test suites with high code coverage. Right...

Those of you who have played around with the Beta2 release of VS2010 may be wondering what new pieces of functionality we’ve added to the testing tools for the RC release in response to all of the wonderful feedback. Here is a table summarizing the key...

I'd like to announce the beta availability of Team Test's first PowerTool release for Visual Studio 2010: Test Scribe.  This tool allows users of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Beta 2 to generate a Word 2007-compatible Test Plan Document from their...

Today, we have a guest post from Deepak Mittal, our CSS rep who was recently involved in a case where he helped a customer get significant perf gains in their Coded UI test. Few recommendations that you could try for improving the performance of your...

In part 1 , we introduced Unit Test Type Extensibility, highlighting the main parts of the interface.  In this round, we will discuss three additional pieces: Adding a user interface Parameterizing the test method Aggregating test results UI extension...

[The following is a guest blog entry from a Microsoft internal user] At our team, we use Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to manage our automated test cases. It provides great flexibility to compose test suites based on a static set of tests (static suite...

Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 enables basic support for unit tests that target .Net framework 3.5. With this support the users can: Create new unit-test projects and target them to the .NET Framework 3.5. Upgrade VS 2008 unit-test projects...

From Microsoft Test Manager, it is possible to identify the state of test cases (pass, fail, blocked etc) for a particular test suite. You can just select the test suite on the left side and the right pane would show all test cases with their test status...

Whether we’re running automated or manual test cases, whenever we come across a failure it is often a good idea to log the issue in the bug database. In the Test Results window after a test run, you can use the list of failures to investigate a failure...

Coded UI Test Enhanced Framework (CUITe) is now available at http://cuite.codeplex.com/. It is a thin layer developed on top of Microsoft Visual Studio Team Test's Coded UI Test engine which helps reduce code, increases readability and maintainability...

In the next few blog posts, we will review some of the frequently asked questions related to Reporting with Test Case Management (TCM) in Visual Studio 2010. FAQ List - Part 1 I am using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) for my testing activities...

A QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools, which fixes some important issues faced by customers, is now available.The full list of issues fixed by this QFE can be found here and you can download this patch here . Note that Service Pack 1 (Visual Studio...