{"id":1201,"date":"2014-06-12T08:02:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2014\/06\/12\/the-effect-of-updates\/"},"modified":"2014-06-12T08:02:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T08:02:17","slug":"the-effect-of-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/the-effect-of-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"The effect of Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a question on one of our internal aliases today about version to version improvements in our test capabilities.&nbsp; One of the program managers in that area wrote a response that really caught my eye.&nbsp; Primarily because it seems like an awesome demonstration of the effectiveness of our &ldquo;Updates&rdquo; model.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pretty cool, constant stream of value.&nbsp; Below is an excerpt from his mail that includes links to information on each of the new capabilities that have been released.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>VS 2012 (Microsoft Test Manager) &#8211; RTM<\/u><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMManualCompatibility2010\">Compatibility of Microsoft Test Manager with Visual Studio 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMWin8Metro\">Manual Testing Windows Store Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMWin8MetroActionLogs\">Enhanced Action Logs for Windows Store Apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMExploratoryTesting\">Exploratory Testing window<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMMultipleLines\">Manual Test Steps Can Include Multiple Lines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMRichText\">Manual Tests Includes Rich Text<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMReports\">Microsoft Test Manager Test Plan Results<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb385901.aspx#WhatsNewTestingMTMBulkCopy\">Cloning Test Suites into Other Plans for New Iterations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2012\/07\/05\/test-professional-performance-improvements.aspx\">MTM Performance improvements <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>VS 2012 VS Update 1<\/u><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2012\/10\/17\/pausing-and-resuming-test-execution-from-the-test-runner-in-microsoft-test-manager.aspx\">Pause and Resume in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2012\/10\/17\/populate-test-suites-using-hierarchical-queries-in-microsoft-test-manager.aspx\">Populate test suites using hierarchical queries in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2012\/11\/07\/edit-test-case-properties-directly-from-the-test-runner-of-microsoft-test-manager.aspx\">Edit test cases during execution in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2012\/10\/10\/managing-automatic-updates-for-microsoft-test-manager-and-microsoft-feedback-client.aspx\">Automatic updates in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2013\/01\/23\/other-enhancements-in-microsoft-test-manager-in-update-1.aspx\">Other enhancements in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>VS 2012 Update 2<\/u><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2013\/05\/03\/cloning-test-plans-using-microsoft-test-manager.aspx\">Test Plan\/Test Suite Cloning in MTM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2013\/02\/12\/light-weight-browser-based-test-management-and-execution.aspx\">Light-weight Browser based Test management &amp; Execution<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2013\/06\/05\/microsoft-test-manager-customization-of-test-result-fields-and-marking-test-results-as-na.aspx\">Customization of test result fields and marking test results as NA in MTM\/Web<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>VS 2013 RTM<\/u><\/b>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tfs.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-feb-11\">View step attachments inline during execution, Add attachments and Pause\/Resume tests in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-mar-4-vso\">Inline editing for tests during execution in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tfs.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-jun-3\">Test Plan Creation, Test Suite Mgmt, Parameter editing from Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tfs.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-jun-19\">Transition to MTM from Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tfs.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-jun-26\">Launching Test Runner from Web and pasting images into work item forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-sep-9-vso\">Bulk entry\/edit of test cases using the grid view in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>VS 2013 Update 2:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2013-sep-30-vso\">Column options for the test case grid view in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/dn621243\">Exporting test artifacts in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/2014-apr-3-vso\">Shared Parameters for Test Cases in Web<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>VS 2013 Update 3 CTP2:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/visualstudioalm\/archive\/2014\/05\/23\/test-plan-and-test-suite-customization-with-tfs2013-update3.aspx\">Test Plan and Test Suite Customization with TFS2013 Update3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a question on one of our internal aliases today about version to version improvements in our test capabilities.&nbsp; One of the program managers in that area wrote a response that really caught my eye.&nbsp; Primarily because it seems like an awesome demonstration of the effectiveness of our &ldquo;Updates&rdquo; model.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s a pretty cool, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":244,"featured_media":14617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-1201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tfs","tag-visual-studio"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>There was a question on one of our internal aliases today about version to version improvements in our test capabilities.&nbsp; One of the program managers in that area wrote a response that really caught my eye.&nbsp; Primarily because it seems like an awesome demonstration of the effectiveness of our &ldquo;Updates&rdquo; 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