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This final release of Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 2 and release candidate of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 has over 100 new features and over 30 in JUST in the ALM space alone!  As many already know the developer division is now continually adding features to Visual Studio and these quarterly updates are our chance to both fix issues you have...

As part of our continued effort to provide great diagnostic tools for developers, Visual Studio 2013 introduces a new Memory Usage tool as a part of the Performance and Diagnostics hub. The Memory Usage tool supports Windows Store and Windows Phone Store apps using C#/VB/C++ and XAML. This blog post gives you an overview of this tool and helps you ...

We received a lot of requests to redo the the load test Webinar…That being the case we have two more sessions:  Thursday, March 20, 2014, 9:00 a.m. PST Not certain why the abstract was removed the invitation pages but here is what Manas and I will be going over: With the introduction of Visual Studio Online launched in Novembe...

Visual Studio Online Load Test Troubleshooting GuideLast Updated June 24 This guide has moved to FAQ for Cloud-Based Load Testing and will be maintained there going forward. Please refer to that page for the most recent content.       GENERAL **1. How do I know the IP range of Test Agents used for my load run?**** **All the test agent mac...

In San Francisco last week i was able to chat with our director for Test in the ALM team, Mark Mydland, about how we changed our testing teams and behaviors to work with today's faster release cadences and agile practices…Was a great talk that that folks there really enjoyed.  Based on the rave feedback, Mark will be redelivering his session a...

  One of the ALM MVPs, Marcel de Vries, has been spending a ton of time writing CodeUI Tests.  Thankfully Marcel decided to take this hard earned knowledge and convert it into a class on best practices for Implementing Coded UI testing. Session information below: This course is targeted at Testers and Developers that want to get s...

The ALM Rangers have been involved with a bunch of recent Visual Studio 2013 readiness content to help people get up to speed. 1. The Better Unit Testing with Microsoft Fakes – eBook update v1.2 .  Big thanks to Michael Fourie, we have been able to action the backlog of community feedback for recent versions and package as part of the v1.2 e...

Had somebody recently asking about running Coded UI Tests against Chrome and thought i would walk through this process: 1. Down load the Cross-browser plugin for Coded UI Test that uses Selenium to run tests against Chrome and Firefox from here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=267598 3. Record a Coded UI test in IE     4&#...

With Visual Studio ALM and TFS, you gain access to a wealth of tools, many of which you configure or can customize. Common areas that team's customize include team alerts, team home page, shared queries, and test platforms. For on-premises deployments, you can also add fields, customize work item types (WITs), and Agile planning tools.  Below you'...