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Various test attachment size reduction features in MTMTFS 11

March 15, 2012 Mar 15, 2012 03/15/12

Gautam Goenka [MSFT]

Some of you may have faced the problem of test attachments growing too fast in TFS with Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).  As you know, the test attachments can be cleaned using Test Attachment Cleaner tool which is part of TFS Power Tools.  However, even with the cleaner tool, the experience is not ideal and based on feedback, we did ...

Coded UI Test and Microsoft Test Manager Survey

January 19, 2012 Jan 19, 2012 01/19/12

Shubhra Maji MSFT

Have you used Visual Studio 2010 Test Tools - Coded UI Test or Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) in your project(s)? If so, we would like to hear your experience with these features. Let us know what you think by taking the Coded UI / Microsoft Test Manager Survey.Thanks!Shubhra Maji – Visual Studio Test Tools Program Manager...

FAQ: Why are my tests not included in the test run?

January 16, 2012 Jan 16, 2012 01/16/12

Gautam Goenka [MSFT]

As an alternative to Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), users can use tcm.exe command line to run and manage their test cases.  The command line way is particularly useful in running tests in non-interactive way (say via scripts). FAQ: While using “tcm.exe run” command to run all the test cases in a test plansuite is - A: By default...

Microsoft Test Manager stuck in “waiting for test controller” state

January 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012 01/1/12

Importer

This is guest post by Deepak Mittal, who is Senior Support Engineer in this space.Problem description:Microsoft Test Manager is stuck in "waiting for test controller" status after completion of test execution.Resolution: MTM tracing: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gautamg/archive/2011/01/20/how-to-enable-tracing-for-mtm.aspx...