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Migrating to the Visual Studio ALM blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/
Had one of the ALM MVPs note that not a lot has been happening on this blog lately. The reason for...
Date: 09/25/2012
QFEs for Microsoft Test Manager 2010
Over the course of 2010-2011, we have released several hotfixes to improve performance and fix bugs...
Date: 11/28/2011
Test Case Management (TCM) Reporting - Frequently Asked Questions - Part 2
Previous posts: TCM Reporting - FAQ - Part 1 Continuing on with series, here are the next set of...
Date: 11/11/2011
Multi-line test steps available in Microsoft Test Manager
NOTE: Cross-posted from Brian Harry's blog Original:...
Date: 10/20/2011
Test Case Management (TCM) Reporting - Frequently Asked Questions - Part 1
In the next few blog posts, we will review some of the frequently asked questions related to...
Date: 10/14/2011
Customize your Test Case work item template to enable query on test suites, test plans, test categories and execution statistics
[The following is a guest blog entry from a Microsoft internal user] At our team, we use Microsoft...
Date: 09/21/2011
Coded UI Test Enhanced Framework now available
Coded UI Test Enhanced Framework (CUITe) is now available at https://cuite.codeplex.com/. It is a...
Date: 08/04/2011
QFE for Visual Studio 2010 SP1 testing tools
A QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools, which fixes some important issues faced by customers, is...
Date: 08/03/2011
How do I pause a test case and move on to running the next test case?
Here is the exact scenario that one of the customer asked: Testers want to pause some test case and...
Date: 07/21/2011
Enter/Vote for your favorite feature suggestions - UserVoice site is here!
Have an idea for the product and wondering what is the best way to report it? Think something is...
Date: 07/13/2011
Improving the performance of your Coded UI tests
Today, we have a guest post from Deepak Mittal, our CSS rep who was recently involved in a case...
Date: 07/06/2011
New QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools
A QFE for Visual Studio 2010 testing tools, which fixes some important issues faced by customers, is...
Date: 06/23/2011
Visual Studio UI Test Extensibility–Scenarios & Guiding Principles
NOTE: Cross-posted from Mathew Aniyan's Blog. Original post:...
Date: 05/10/2011
Using Excel reports with Microsoft Test Manager to identify test state at a test plan level
From Microsoft Test Manager, it is possible to identify the state of test cases (pass, fail, blocked...
Date: 03/09/2011
Coded UI Support for IE9 with SP1
The main aim of this release is to gain parity with IE8 support in IE9. The scenarios that worked in...
Date: 03/09/2011
Announcement – Unlimited Load Testing for Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate with MSDN Subscribers Now!
Earlier today, S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of Developer Division, announced Visual Studio...
Date: 03/08/2011
How To: Enable Tracing for MTM
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink Long back I had posted on “How To: Enable...
Date: 02/25/2011
How To: Get the TFS AT log
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink In my previous post, I mentioned how to get...
Date: 02/25/2011
FAQ: Running Coded UI Test on a machine without VS
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink Another one of commonly asked question is...
Date: 02/25/2011
FAQ: Unit Testing WPF Applications
Visual Studio Unit Test Framework can be used to create unit tests that verify application logic,...
Date: 02/22/2011
Decoding the Coded UI Test playback failure - "Search may have failed at ControlX as it may have virtualized children ..."
While automating WPF controls in Coded UI Test, the playback would sometimes through an exception...
Date: 12/27/2010
Adding new Control support in a Coded UI Test Plugin
In this blog post, Tapas describes the various key points that need to be addressed while...
Date: 12/27/2010
Microsoft Test Manager & Coded UI Test issues fixed in Visual Studio 2010 SP1 beta
With the release of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 Beta we have fixed some important & high...
Date: 12/21/2010
How to re-target unit-tests to .Net Framework 3.5 in VS 2010 SP1
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 enables basic support for unit tests that target .Net framework...
Date: 12/19/2010
FAQ: Editing test case while using test runner
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink Many folks have requested that they want to...
Date: 12/11/2010
FAQ: Why am I getting “access denied” during recording?
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink If you are using recording feature of Coded...
Date: 12/11/2010
Additional Steps for enabling re-targeting of Test Projects to .Net Framework 3.5 in VS 2010 SP1 Beta
Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 enables basic support for unit tests that target .Net framework...
Date: 12/09/2010
Test Attachment Cleaner powertool released!!!
We have released the “Test Attachment Cleaner” powertool on Visual Studio Gallery today. ...
Date: 12/08/2010
Issues with using Custom Counter in Goal Based Load Pattern inside Load Test
If you are using custom counter in goal based load pattern inside load test then you may come across...
Date: 11/25/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2– Pre-requisite hotfix details
Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 is now available. This required some changes in the core Visual...
Date: 11/16/2010
Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 released–new set of Testing capabilities
Visual Studio 2010 Feature Pack 2 is now available. See the following blogs for more details....
Date: 11/16/2010
Patch for Microsoft Test Manager released
We recently released a rollup QFE for Microsoft Test Manager that contains fixes for some crashes,...
Date: 11/01/2010
Test agent, Test Controller and MSTEST FAQ
MSTEST: 1. Do I need to install full VS to use MSTEST? Is there any light weight option? You need...
Date: 10/24/2010
How To: Give alternate path for picking test dlls?
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink Microsoft Test Manager always uses the...
Date: 10/08/2010
Coded UI Test and Fast Forward support on IE9 Beta
Please refer to...
Date: 09/27/2010
New help topics and updates to topics for September 2010
This month we have some new help topics and updates to existing topics to help you accomplish your...
Date: 09/24/2010
FAQ: Why I am not able to link my test case to my requirement?
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink One question that I have been asked multiple...
Date: 08/05/2010
If you are working with lots of builds in MTM and seeing sluggishness…
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink If you are working with lots of builds (or...
Date: 08/05/2010
Announcement - General availability of Visual Studio Lab Management
Earlier today, Dave Mendlen, senior director of Developer Marketing, announced that Lab Management...
Date: 08/04/2010
Working with builds in MTM
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink Typically when you are testing, you are...
Date: 07/19/2010
Zindex issue while automating WPF application
Note: Cross posted from Siddhartha Pandey - MSFT. Permalink Below is a simple XAML code....
Date: 07/10/2010
NotSupportedException/NotImplementedException thrown when debugging Codeduitest
Note: Cross posted from Siddhartha Pandey - MSFT. Permalink Many of the customers have reported that...
Date: 07/10/2010
Test Scribe Power Tool Update
We updated the Test Scribe Power Tool for TCM today to include a fix allowing it to function...
Date: 06/30/2010
Troubleshooting Network Emulation
Troubleshooting Network Emulation This document is based on a recent premier customer support...
Date: 06/24/2010
Producing a test run summary using Test Scribe
The newest release of Test Scribe now sits inside the Microsoft® Test Manager product as an...
Date: 06/07/2010
Producing a test plan summary document using Test Scribe
The newest release of Test Scribe now sits inside the Microsoft® Test Manager product as an...
Date: 06/07/2010
Test Scribe documentation power tool for Visual Studio 2010 released
I’m pleased to announce a major update to the Test Scribe power tool currently available in...
Date: 05/28/2010
“Test Case Migrator Plus” (Excel/MHT to TCM) tool on codeplex
We have updated the “Test Case Migrator Plus (Excel/MHT)” tool (previously called Test Case...
Date: 05/07/2010
VS2010 Web Test Plugins for Web Service Messages
When testing Silver Light applications, we frequently run into dealing with non-Html content types....
Date: 04/28/2010
Writing your own client using UITest Object Model
Note: Cross posted from Gautam Goenka (MSFT). Permalink In my earlier series on extensibility of...
Date: 04/27/2010