Resources for Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010

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Our team has been busy putting together content for the Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010, and here is a compilation of those resources including videos, walkthroughs, whitepapers and posts. Also listed are relevant blogs and twitter ids.

Content index for Microsoft Test Manager is:

Topic

Link

Walkthroughs

Demo videos

No More Missed Requirements

10-4 Episode 23: An Introduction to Manual Testing

Introduction to Record and Playback Engine in VSTT 2010
Test Professional Frequently Asked Questions

Understanding the MTM application UI

The Evolution of the UI Design of Test and Lab Manager

Activity Centers

The View Toolbar

Column Chooser in Data Grids

Single Instance Application

Artifact Updates

Keyboard Shortcuts in MTLM

Test Steps in MTLM

Basic concepts of test artifacts

Three kinds of test suites

Work Item Categories

Using Shared Steps

‘Active’ Tests

Test Configurations in a Test Plan

What is a Test Plan?

Using MTM to do basic operations

Navigating Back and Forward

Open Items and Manage Queries

Manage Queries – Artifact or Manager?

Test Case Authoring from the Test Plan Contents

Create/Edit Test Settings in Test Plan Properties

Copy/Paste Test Steps

Order Test Cases

Accessing MTM over the web

Clearing MTLM’s Settings

Uploading Large Attachments

https://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsqualitytools/archive/2010/03/12/analyzing-test-results-in-mtm-part-i.aspx
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsqualitytools/archive/2010/03/12/analyzing-test-results-in-mtm-part-ii.aspx

Test data management and reporting

Introducing the test runner

Background and history of test runner

Doing manual testing with the test runner

Filing bugs with test runner

Fast forwarding tests in test runner

Data driving your tests in test runner

Using shared steps in test runner

Doing exploratory testing in MTM

Using the data diagnostic adapters in manual testing
Bug Attachments
Action Recording and Action Log

Deep Dives into manual testing

Deep dive into fast forwarding tests – part 1

Deep dive into fast forwarding tests – part 2

Creating resilient automation in test runner

Using the exclude/include app list in test runner

Global shortcut keys in test runner

Result computing in test runner

Customizing work item types

Delete actions from recording

Making the most of your bugs
Versioning test cases in MTM

Customization in MTM

How can I configure MTLM to use my custom bug / test case type?

Working with and customizing work item categories

Writing Queries for Custom Work Items and Work Item Categories
How to keep your Test Plans / Suites in sync with your Unit Test assemblies

Testing process guidelines

Planning vs Testing

Planning vs Testing (Part 2)

Planning vs Testing (Part 3)

Planning vs Testing (Part 4)

Planning vs Testing (Part 5 – Final)

Zen and the Art of Test Case Composition

Testing in a Product Iteration

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting all diagnostic data adapters in test runner

Troubleshooting time outs in data adapters

Troubleshooting the video recording data adapter – part 1

Troubleshooting the video recording data adapter – part 2

Test results and build retention
Intellitrace not getting collected during test run
MTM Issue with large numbers of builds

Common playback errors – troubleshooting (to be written)

Integration/Power tools

Test Impact Walk-through

Partner opportunities

Test Scribe Power Tool Update
Producing a test run summary using Test Scribe
Producing a test plan summary document using Test Scribe
Test Scribe documentation power tool for Visual Studio 2010 released
“Test Case Migrator Plus” (Excel/MHT to TCM) tool on codeplex

Resources

MSDN documentation

MSDN forum for MTM

Team blogs

https://blogs.msdn.com/vstsqualitytools
https://blogs.msdn.com/amit_chatterjee

https://blogs.msdn.com/anutthara

https://blogs.msdn.com/chrispat

https://blogs.msdn.com/edglas
https://blogs.msdn.com/gautamg  

https://blogs.msdn.com/nnaderi

https://blogs.msdn.com/pradeepn

https://blogs.msdn.com/rubel

Twitter updates

https://twitter.com/vs_test_tools

https://twitter.com/anutthara

https://twitter.com/chatterjee_amit

https://twitter.com/drwill_ms

https://twitter.com/mrigler_ms

Content index for Coded UI Test is here and web and load tests is here

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  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2010
    When I run a test, is there a way for me to set up a day and time for it to run? Sometimes we like to run our tests after hours.[Anu] You can use the windows scheduler to sched test runs on TCM or VS
  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2010
    Is there any way by which I can simply mark my test cases pass/fail/blocked for a particular run without going through each and every step or even each and every test case in test runner. I simply want to use MTM for maintaining results for manual runs by build number. Is there any way to by pass the test runner UI. Probably importing results from Excel or a making a customized interface which will allow bulk marking of test case results.[Anu] Richa - we've heard this request a lot, so it is on our backlog for future releases. I was curious to know why you want to avoid MTR though - aren't the steps important to see while executing?
  • Anonymous
    December 21, 2010
    I have installed Visual studio 2010 Premium. Can i download Microsoft Test Manager 2010 separately? if yes, can you provide the link from where i can download the liscenced verion.[Anu] Hi Ingr Babu - you need to have a license for VS 2010 Ultimate or VS 2010 Test Pro to use Microsoft Test Manager. With Premium, you get the unit test, load test and UI test automation only and not the MTM client
  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2011
    can u give me visual studio 2010 test management tutorial...[Anu] Hari - try the product tour: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/try/test-professional-2010-tour
  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2011
    Importing Test case/Bugs/Requirement to MTM.With the help of TestCaseMigratorPlus(Excel-MHT) V1.0 RC2 Binaries tool you can Import  required test case/ bugs/ Requirement to MTM .Check out this :-http://tcmimport.codeplex.com/ThanksBadal
  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2011
    Thank goodness I've found this forum! Just about to investigate the use of MTM, currently using VS2010 C# & Selenium for portal testing. Expect some questions as soon as I've been through the tutorials[Anu] Welcome Gary - looking forward to hearing from you
  • Anonymous
    August 08, 2011
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  • Anonymous
    September 20, 2011
    Can i do Automated Acceptance Testing using Microsoft test Manager 2010?[Anu] Yep - that is what Coded UI tests are for
  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2012
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  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2013
    Hi,When I assign a bug toa developer, he does not get email and other way round if developer fixes any bug and assign to me to retest, then again I do not get any email notification.Please advice.Thanks
  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2013
    Great index, thanks. Is there a guide anywhere that explains how to report from MTM for manual testing? I'm looking to be able to collect metrics on things like defect detection rate over time per functional area / tester; defect turnaround time (average time it takes for a defect to go from active to closed), summary of tests by closure reason, etc.Any help would be hugely appreciated.
  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2013
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