For more information please see:<\/p>\n
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- Soma\u2019s post at: http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/somasegar\/archive\/2014\/03\/26\/visual-studio-2013-update-2-rc-universal-projects-for-windows-and-windows-phone.aspx<\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n
- Brian\u2019s post at: http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/04\/02\/tfs-2013-2-update-2-released.aspx<\/a> <\/li>\n
- and of course the Visual Studio Online blog at:\u00a0http:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/news\/news-overview-vs<\/a><\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Final Team Foundation Server 2013 release:<\/p>\n
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- TFS 2013 Update 2 RTM<\/a> <\/li>\n
- TFS 2013 Express Update 2 RTM<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Release candidates:<\/p>\n
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- VS 2013 Update 2 RC Patch<\/a> <\/li>\n
- VS Ultimate 2013 Update 2 RC Full install<\/a> <\/li>\n
- VS Premium 2013 Update 2 RC Full install<\/a> <\/li>\n
- VS Pro 2013 Update 2 RC Full install<\/a> <\/li>\n
- VS Express for Windows 2013 Update 2 RC Full install<\/a> <\/li>\n
- Release Management 2013 Update 2 RC<\/a> <\/li>\n
- Agents 2013 Update 2 RC<\/a> <\/li>\n
- VS 2013 Remote Tools Update 2 RC<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In this post I will highlight the Test and Monitoring tools supplied by Application Insights.<\/p>\n
Testing Tools<\/h2>\n
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- Coded UI Testing for Windows Phone Applications <\/li>\n
- Export test artifacts <\/li>\n
- Manage test parameter data\u00a0 <\/li>\n
- Grid view for Bulk Update Test Cases. <\/li>\n
- Cloud Load Testing integration with Application Insights. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nApplication Insights<\/h2>\n
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- Visual Studio Tools for Application Insights <\/li>\n
- Auto configuration of monitoring with Microsoft Monitoring\u00a0 Agent and configuration files <\/li>\n
- Integration of Application Insights with Cloud Load Test <\/li>\n
- The Streaming Data page and Raw Event Stream for Dashboards\u00a0 <\/li>\n
- Logging Integration with Search in Application Insights <\/li>\n
- City level reports from Usage <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nTesting Tools<\/h2>\n
Coded UI Testing for Windows Phone Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n
You can now create both automated unit tests AND functional end-to-end scenario tests using coded UI tests for your XAML-based Windows Phone 8.1 applications with With Visual Studio 2013 Update 2. This all Integrated into your ALM process using Test Explorer.\u00a0 See http<\/a>https:\/\/aka.ms\/WPTest<\/a><\/p>\n
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Export Test artifacts from Team Foundation Server Web Access<\/strong><\/p>\n
This update provides to testers and test leads the ability to export test artifacts so that these can be sent by using email or as printouts and shared with stakeholders who do not have access to TFS.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nManage shared test parameter data from Team Foundation Server Web Access<\/strong><\/p>\n
You can now run run a test case multiple times, each time with different sets of test data from Team Foundation Server Web access by adding parameter names to test steps and specifying parameter values in the test case. As an added boon these share parameters are reflected in all referenced test cases automatically. To get started, convert your existing local parameters in test cases to shared parameters or create new ones by navigating to the Parameters tab in Test hub.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nGrid view for Bulk Update Test Cases from Team Foundation Server Web Access.<\/strong><\/p>\n
While we actually put this into the last update I don\u2019t think I mentioned it in the last blog post! We now enable one of the top user requests -the ability to do bulk update in the Web Access of Team Foundation Server.\u00a0\u00a0 Another nice feature of this new view is it automatically formats the data for the clipboard allowing great interaction with Excel.<\/p>\n
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\n**Cloud Load Testing is now integrated with Application Insights. **<\/p>\n
One of my favorite features is the ability to automatically associate your cloud based load Tests<\/a> with Application Insights. This integration gives you insight and diagnostics directly from a load test.\u00a0\u00a0 Please see the Channel9 video for a complete walk through on getting this setup: https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-Started-with-cloud-based-load-testing-and-Application-Insights<\/a><\/p>\n
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Application Insights<\/h2>\n
**Visual Studio Tools for Application Insights **<\/p>\n
Adding monitoring to your application couldn\u2019t be easier!\u00a0 Now with Visual Studio Tools for Application Insights<\/a> you can easily add Performance monitoring and Usage Monitoring with direct links to Performance monitoring, Usage Monitoring, Availability monitoring, Visual Studio Online Portal and your Application Insights dashboards directly from your Windows Store or Web Applications from both existing application or a new application.\u00a0 See: https:\/\/aka.ms\/aivsix<\/a> to download or more information and this walk through video https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-started-with-Application-Insights-Tools-for-Visual-Studio<\/a><\/p>\n
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\n**Auto monitoring configuration with Microsoft Monitoring Agent (MMA) and ApplicationInsights.Config files **<\/p>\n
The ability of Microsoft Monitoring Agent to auto enable monitoring based from a configuration file is a huge boon for deploying your application.\u00a0 All you need is the the latest Microsoft Monitoring Agent and a configuration at the root of your web site. The next time IIS restarts MMA will walk through all your Web application running under IIS looking for this file and automatically start monitoring if one is found.\u00a0 Also very convenient if you want to start monitoring to a different server or application.\u00a0\u00a0 As a result of automatically enabling monitoring, the Microsoft Monitoring Agent setup no longer prompts for an Account ID or Instrumentation key.\u00a0 -But don\u2019t worry if you want to go old school and set up a default or configure your monitoring via PowerShell you still can!\u00a0 For more information please see https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-Started-with-Application-Insights-from-Visual-Studio-Online<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n**Integration with Cloud based Load Test **<\/p>\n
Like I mentioned above with the integration of the Application Insights and Cloud based Load Testing is it much easier to see what is happening inside your application and trouble shoot any issues discovered.\u00a0 Please see the Channel9 video for a complete walk through on getting this setup: https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-Started-with-cloud-based-load-testing-and-Application-Insights<\/a><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n**The Streaming Data page and Raw Event Stream for Dashboards\u00a0 **<\/p>\n
One of the most frustrating things in setting up custom usage monitoring was waiting for the data to curate and become visible in the Usage reports to see if I set it up correctly.\u00a0\u00a0 Now Application Insights now offers a real time view of your usage data!\u00a0 Please see the Channel9 video for a complete walk through on getting this setup: https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-Started-with-Application-Insights-from-Visual-Studio-Online<\/a><\/p>\n
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Logging Integration with Search<\/strong><\/p>\n
With the goal of solving all your application monitoring needs Application Insights is one step closer by now enabling the integration of your application logging data with the rest of the Application Insights monitoring data.\u00a0 Please see the Channel9 video for a complete walk through on getting this setup: https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Series\/Application-Insights-for-Visual-Studio-Online\/Getting-started-with-Log-Search-in-Application-Insights<\/a><\/p>\n
City level reports from Usage<\/strong><\/p>\n
In addition to dramatically speeding up the global usage reports we have added the ability to drill down to the city level. One caveat is in order to make this happen we needed to change the storage schema and had to truncate the global information for all usage data before March 2nd<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nFor the rest of the ALM features (listed below) please check the readme:<\/p>\n
- VS Ultimate 2013 Update 2 RC Full install<\/a> <\/li>\n
- TFS 2013 Express Update 2 RTM<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Brian\u2019s post at: http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/04\/02\/tfs-2013-2-update-2-released.aspx<\/a> <\/li>\n