Exercise 1: Creating New Test Configurations for Test Plans

In this exercise, you will learn how to use Microsoft Test Manager 2010 to create new test configurations and assign them to a test plan.

1. Log in as Abu Obeida Bakhach (Dev) if you have not already done so. The password is P2ssw0rd (capital letter P, the number two, the letter s, the letter s, the letter w, the number zero, the letter r, and the letter d). Please see “Working with the Visual Studio 2010 Virtual Machine” for instructions on how to log into the VM.

2. Open Microsoft Test Manager from Start | All Programs | Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | Microsoft Test Manager 2010. This is a new tool dedicated to manual software testing that has been built from the ground up for Visual Studio 2010.

   Note:

   Microsoft Test Manager allows testers to work with test plans, author and organize manual test cases, execute test cases, file bugs, and post results back to Team Foundation Server.
   Figure 1

   Microsoft Test Manager starting up

3. When Microsoft Test Manager initially loads, it will connect to the most recently loaded test plan, which in the case of this virtual machine is the test plan named Iteration 2.

   Figure 2

   Test plan contents window for Iteration 2

4. Select the Organize tab at the top of the window and then select the Test Configuration Manager link.

   Figure 3

   Test Configuration Manager window

5. Select the New button to create a new test configuration.

   Figure 4

   Location of New button

6. For Name, enter “Windows Server 2008 and Firefox 3.0”.
7. In the Configuration variables grid, select the Add dropdown box and select Operating System. Change the default Windows 7 value to Windows Server 2008.

8. Select the Add dropdown box again and select Browser. Change the value to Firefox 3.0 if necessary.

   Figure 5

   Adjusting values of configuration variables

9. Select the Save and Close button to save the new test configuration.

   Figure 6

   Location of Save and Close button

10. The Test Configuration Manager window should now show the new test configuration.

    Figure 7

    Test Configuration Manager window now showing new configuration option

11. Select the Plan tab at the top of the window and then select the Properties link to view the test plan properties for Iteration 2.

12. Locate the Configurations section and click the dropdown box to view all available platform configurations. This shows the default configurations for new test cases.

    Figure 8

    Configuring configuration options

13. Select the new test configuration named “Windows Server 2008 and Firefox 3.0”, then select the Apply button to save the changes.

    Figure 9

    Selecting new default configuration options for new test cases

14. Select the Save and Close button to save the changes to the test plan configuration.

    Figure 10

    Location of Save and Close button

Next Step

Exercise 2: Assigning Test Configurations to Existing Test Cases