Exercise 1: Viewing Test Plan Status in Microsoft Test Manager 2010

In this exercise, you will learn how to view the status of a test plan using Microsoft Test Manager 2010.

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 for Iteration 2

4. Select the Plan tab and then select the Properties link to load the test plan properties window.

5. Scroll down to the bottom of the properties window to see the three pie charts that indicate the status of tests in the plan.

   Figure 3

   Test plan properties window

Next Step

Exercise 2: Viewing Quality Dashboard