Gautam Goenka (MSFT)
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What's new for Microsoft Test Manager in VS 2012 RC
Check the post here to find out what’s new in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) in Visual Studio 2012...
Date: 06/08/2012
Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure
Hot off the press! Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure launches in India. It is designed to...
Date: 05/23/2012
How To: Go to any work item quickly in MTM?
Typing “CTRL + G” anywhere in MTM will pop up below dialog. You can enter the work item (bug, test...
Date: 05/02/2012
Test Scribe for MTM 11 Beta is out
The Test Scribe Power Tool, which is used to generate documentation for test plan and test...
Date: 04/16/2012
Test Attachment Cleaner for TFS 11 Beta is out
Last week we released updated set of Power Tools for TFS 11 Beta. This release also includes...
Date: 04/03/2012
MTM’s compatibility with TFS
Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) is forward and backward compatible with TFS. This mean you can...
Date: 03/15/2012
Various test attachment size reduction features in MTMTFS 11
Some of you may have faced the problem of test attachments growing too fast in TFS with Microsoft...
Date: 03/15/2012
Test Case Migrator Plus V1.2 released
We have completed the release of the Test Case Migrator Plus (V1.2 RTM) on CodePlex. What's new for...
Date: 03/13/2012
MTM Performance
We released Beta of Visual Studio 11 yesterday. This also includes Beta of Microsoft Test...
Date: 03/01/2012
How To: Get all test points assigned to you?
Based on my previous post, one question that came up was - How do I, as a tester, know what test...
Date: 02/02/2012
Tool for restructuring UI Map of Coded UI Test
Need a tool for restructuring your UI Map files? Check out UI Map Toolbox on CodePlex by Rasmus.
Date: 01/24/2012
FAQ: What is the difference between “Assigned To” and “Tester” in MTM?
FAQ: In Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), what is the difference between the “Assigned To” field of the...
Date: 01/17/2012
More Coded UI Test utilities for WPF testing
Around the time of release of VS 2010, I published Useful set of utility functions for Coded UI...
Date: 01/16/2012
FAQ: Why are my tests not included in the test run?
As an alternative to Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), users can use tcm.exe command line to run and...
Date: 01/16/2012
Microsoft Test Manager stuck in "waiting for test controller" state
This is guest post by Deepak Mittal, who is Senior Support Engineer in this space. Problem...
Date: 01/01/2012
How To: Associate automation programmatically
In my previous post, I mentioned about tcm testcase /import scenario. The tcm testcase /import...
Date: 01/01/2012
How To: Get the Test Case associated with the unit test?
For running and managing unit tests using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), the users have to do tcm...
Date: 12/30/2011
How To: Bulk edit action recording?
Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) has test runner using which one can do manual testing. One of the...
Date: 12/29/2011
Sample XPath utility for Coded UI Test
Some important notes before I talk about the utility - This posting, and the sample herewith, are...
Date: 12/28/2011
Multiline support in test steps
NOTE: If you installing above HotFix, it is advisable to install this one too -...
Date: 10/21/2011
How To: Make MTM right to left
Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) picks the language settings from OS. There is no easy way to...
Date: 10/01/2011
Want to know how we are using our tools?
If you want to know how we are using our tools, check out Dinesh Bhat, our QA manager, in this...
Date: 06/25/2011
More posts on Coded UI Test Extensibility
A long while back, I had posted a series on extensibility of Coded UI Test. Mathew Aniyan from...
Date: 06/05/2011
FAQ: How do I resume my manual test?
Q) I am running manual test using Test Runner. In here, I can pause the test and return to...
Date: 06/02/2011
Dev Info: Which StringComparator to use?
This post continues on the Dev Info from the previous post. The confusion over what string...
Date: 02/25/2011
FAQ: Running Coded UI Test on a machine without VS
Another one of commonly asked question is how can I run Coded UI Test (or any other test type) on a...
Date: 02/25/2011
How To: Get the TFS AT log
In my previous post, I mentioned how to get the client side logs for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM)...
Date: 02/25/2011
FAQ: Editing test case while using test runner
Many folks have requested that they want to edit the test case while they are running it in test...
Date: 12/11/2010
FAQ: Why am I getting “access denied” during recording?
If you are using recording feature of Coded UI Test or Fast Forward feature of Microsoft Test...
Date: 12/11/2010
Test Attachment Cleaner power tool released!!!
We have released new power tool called Test Attachment Cleaner that can be used to delete unwanted...
Date: 12/09/2010
Support for Silverlight and Mozilla FireFox in Coded UI Test and MTM is out
We released Feature Pack 2 for Visual Studio 2010 yesterday. This feature pack is mostly...
Date: 11/15/2010
New Rollup QFE for various issues in MTM
We recently released a rollup QFE for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) that contains fixes for some...
Date: 11/02/2010
How To: Reset all the UI settings of MTM
In Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), we remember bunch of UI settings like size information, default...
Date: 10/19/2010
New updates to MSDN topics on MTM and Coded UI Test
Katrina from our team has been doing fantastic job in updating MSDN docs around testing tools...
Date: 10/14/2010
How To: Give alternate path for picking test dlls?
Microsoft Test Manager always uses the associated build information to find and load test dlls for...
Date: 10/05/2010
Coded UI Test and MTM supports IE9 Beta!
Coded UI Test and Fast Forward feature of Test Runner supports IE9 Beta. For more information...
Date: 10/05/2010
My photos in Windows 7!
Microsoft, India had a photo contest for its employees in India for coming up with “Colors of India”...
Date: 09/21/2010
If you are testing WPF with Coded UI Test or MTM…
In Windows 7, Microsoft significantly enhanced the accessibility support with many features along...
Date: 08/05/2010
If you are working with lots of builds in MTM and seeing sluggishness…
If you are working with lots of builds (or few but very large builds) in MTM and are seeing...
Date: 08/05/2010
FAQ: Why I am not able to link my test case to my requirement?
One question that I have been asked multiple times is - When I’m trying to bind the user scenario...
Date: 08/05/2010
Final Release of Visual Studio Lab Management announced!
The Visual Studio Lab Management capability will be available at the end of August 2010! And what’s...
Date: 08/05/2010
Working with builds in MTM
Typically when you are testing, you are testing against a build. Because of this, Microsoft...
Date: 07/19/2010
Forums are the best place to ask questions and report issues
I am getting lot of questions and issues reported on my blogs as comments of which many are...
Date: 06/10/2010
If you are TechEd, North America…
Between Anutthara and myself, we are doing 3 sessions around Testing at TechEd, North America on...
Date: 05/25/2010
Writing your own client using UITest Object Model
In my earlier series on extensibility of Coded UI Test, I mentioned that it is possible to write...
Date: 04/27/2010
VS Test SDK is now live
We now have our VS Test SDK live on the internet here: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=185591...
Date: 04/18/2010
How To: Do image comparison in Coded UI Test
This is guest blog by my colleague Rajeev Kumar. The Coded UI Test does not provide the API to...
Date: 04/08/2010
FAQ: Why is my application launch not recorded properly?
In Coded UI Test, we support “Intent Aware Recording” which means recorder tries to capture the...
Date: 04/01/2010