Gautam Goenka (MSFT) https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/feed.xml Developing great products for Testers! Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:44:11 GMT en-US hourly 1 What's new for Microsoft Test Manager in VS 2012 RC https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/whats-new-for-microsoft-test-manager-in-vs-2012-rc Fri, 08 Jun 2012 22:57:59 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/06/08/whats-new-for-microsoft-test-manager-in-vs-2012-rc/ Check the post here to find out what’s new in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) in Visual Studio 2012 RC!

]]> Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/microsoft-accelerator-for-windows-azure Wed, 23 May 2012 02:11:12 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/05/23/microsoft-accelerator-for-windows-azure/ Hot off the press! Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure launches in India. It is designed to enable startups to do big things on Cloud, Internet and Mobile. Want to unleash the entrepreneur in you? Click www.microsoft.com/India/accelerator to know more.

]]> How To: Go to any work item quickly in MTM? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/how-to-go-to-any-work-item-quickly-in-mtm Wed, 02 May 2012 03:42:55 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/05/02/how-to-go-to-any-work-item-quickly-in-mtm/ Typing “CTRL + G” anywhere in MTM will pop up below dialog. You can enter the work item (bug, test case etc) id and go to that work item quickly!

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]]> Test Scribe for MTM 11 Beta is out https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/test-scribe-for-mtm-11-beta-is-out Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:59:45 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/04/16/test-scribe-for-mtm-11-beta-is-out/  

The Test Scribe Power Tool, which is used to generate documentation for test plan and test run for Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) has been updated for MTM 11 Beta.  The updated version is here.  The MTM 2010 version continues to be here.

]]> Test Attachment Cleaner for TFS 11 Beta is out https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/test-attachment-cleaner-for-tfs-11-beta-is-out Tue, 03 Apr 2012 05:57:35 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/04/03/test-attachment-cleaner-for-tfs-11-beta-is-out/ Last week we released updated set of Power Tools for TFS 11 Beta.  This release also includes updated version of Test Attachment Cleaner tool for deleting test attachments created by Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).

Apart from support for TFS 11 Beta, this release of Test Attachment Cleaner includes support for Hosted TFS and various bug fixes.

]]> MTM’s compatibility with TFS https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/mtms-compatibility-with-tfs Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:18:34 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/03/15/mtms-compatibility-with-tfs/ Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) is forward and backward compatible with TFS.  This mean you can use -

  1. MTM 2010 with TFS 11.  To do so, you need to install the Compatibility GDR.
  2. MTM 11 with TFS 2010.  This is supported without any extra install.

Since many new features require change in both the client and the server, you will not get those with the above combinations. 

]]> Various test attachment size reduction features in MTMTFS 11 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/various-test-attachment-size-reduction-features-in-mtmtfs-11 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:54:01 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/03/15/various-test-attachment-size-reduction-features-in-mtmtfs-11/ 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 released a QFE for MTM 2010 to improve the experience.

Well, we have continued investing here.  To know further improvements in this area in MTM 11, refer Shyam’s blog on this.

]]> Test Case Migrator Plus V1.2 released https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/test-case-migrator-plus-v1-2-released Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:20:29 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/03/13/test-case-migrator-plus-v1-2-released/ We have completed the release of the Test Case Migrator Plus (V1.2 RTM) on CodePlex.

What's new for the V1.2 RTM version

  • Support for connecting to Hosted Team Foundation Server Preview.
  • Support for connecting to Team Foundation Server 11 Beta.
  • Fix to issue with read-only attribute being set for LinksMapping-ReportFile which may have led to problems when saving the report file.
  • Fix to issue with “related links” not being set properly in certain conditions.
  • Fixes to ensure that tool works fine when the Excel file contained rich text data.
    • Note: Data is still imported in plain text only.
]]> MTM Performance https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/mtm-performance Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:25:43 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/03/01/mtm-performance/ We released Beta of Visual Studio 11 yesterday.  This also includes Beta of Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) 11.  You can read about the new features of MTM 11 in blog by Nivedita.

As mentioned by Nivedita and earlier by Brian, we have invested significantly in improving the performance of MTM.  For people trying out MTM, we would be happy to hear kudos and feedback on this.

]]> How To: Get all test points assigned to you? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/gautamg/how-to-get-all-test-points-assigned-to-you Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:17:07 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/gautamg/2012/02/02/how-to-get-all-test-points-assigned-to-you/ Based on my previous post, one question that came up was - How do I, as a tester, know what test points are assigned to me?

In Test->Run Tests, you can click on Filter on the left side to do filtering by Tester and\or Configurations.  Refer the screenshots below.

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