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I have seen a lot of customers who use TCM.exe to execute tests on remote environments, but I have not seen many who use the same command-line to execute the tests locally. Here by locally, I mean tests running on the developer’s/tester’s box,  which does not have any test controller or test agent and has only MTM. Yes, it’s possible to do this in ...

With the Quarterly Update1 for Visual Studio 2012, we have enabled collection of code coverage information for manual testing of ASP.Net web applications running under Internet Information Services (IIS). Testers will now be able to get data about how much code is covered as part of their manual testing effort using Microsoft Test Manager (MTM). Th...

Visual Studio 2012 allows you to debug your application on your Windows RT device so that you can develop the application the same way that your customers will use it.  Remote debugging is over your local network, which is really convenient when you are at home or at work and both machines are on the same network. To learn more about how to setup t...

For anybody looking for training on the Microsoft Application Lifecycle tools one of the absolute best resources is Brian Keller’s ALM virtual machine.  Full details about the virtual machine can be found here: https://aka.ms/vs11almvm   The Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 ALM virtual machine and 21 hands-on-labs / demo scripts are now av...

Generally, a subset of tests are executed as part of a build as Build Verification Tests. You may want to run the full set of automated tests on a local machine and publish them to a TFS build. You can then get cumulative report of all tests run for that particular build. Alternately, you may have other standalone systems which execute automated te...

Terje Sandstrom has written two excellent blogs on using Traits in Visual Studio Test Explorer. How to manage unit tests in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 : Part 1–Using Traits in the Unit Test Explorer Part 2–Using Traits with different test frameworks in the Unit Test Explorer In this blog, I will describe how you can implement Traits support for...

We are pleased to announce that we have released the first update to version (1.0.12.0622) of the Team Foundation Server Word Add-in, adding support for Word 2010 64-bit. See Word4TFS10-x64misi and Rangers_vsarword4tfs_1.0.12.0622_Everything.zip files in the latest The add-in allows you to import work items from a Team Foundation Server Team Pro...

Another in the ALM MVP Blog series. This article was written by Mike Douglas one of our most active ALM Rangers contributing to a bunch of the ALM Ranger projects!  Make sure and check out Mikes article: Continuous Feedback using Storyboarding, Code Reviews, and the Feedback Tool in Visual Studio 2012 ALM  (The ALM Ranger projects are projects th...

I have been working with different partners in the testing space for the last couple of months and a frequently asked question is: “Where do we start integrating our test tools with the Microsoft application life cycle platform?” And the answer is relatively straight simple “You need to integrate yourself into the development workflow…we...

As Soma mentioned in his blog the Visual Studio Updates are a new mechanism we are using to provide ongoing value throughout the year to our Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server customers. These updates will provide features to support the latest software trends in the market, and also offer an easy way to deploy bug fixes.   In Visual Studio 2...