Resources for Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010

Our team has been busy putting together content for the Test Tools in Visual Studio 2010, and here is a compilation of those resources including videos, walkthroughs, whitepapers and posts. Also listed are relevant blogs and twitter ids.

Content index for Microsoft Test Manager is:

Topic	Link
Walkthroughs
	Demo videos
	No More Missed Requirements
	10-4 Episode 23: An Introduction to Manual Testing
	Introduction to Record and Playback Engine in VSTT 2010
	Test Professional Frequently Asked Questions
Understanding the MTM application UI
	The Evolution of the UI Design of Test and Lab Manager
	Activity Centers
	The View Toolbar
	Column Chooser in Data Grids
	Single Instance Application
	Artifact Updates
	Keyboard Shortcuts in MTLM
	Test Steps in MTLM
Basic concepts of test artifacts
	Three kinds of test suites
	Work Item Categories
	Using Shared Steps
	‘Active’ Tests
	Test Configurations in a Test Plan
	What is a Test Plan?
Using MTM to do basic operations
	Navigating Back and Forward
	Open Items and Manage Queries
	Manage Queries – Artifact or Manager?
	Test Case Authoring from the Test Plan Contents
	Create/Edit Test Settings in Test Plan Properties
	Copy/Paste Test Steps
	Order Test Cases
	Accessing MTM over the web
	Clearing MTLM’s Settings
	Uploading Large Attachments
	https://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsqualitytools/archive/2010/03/12/analyzing-test-results-in-mtm-part-i.aspx
	https://blogs.msdn.com/b/vstsqualitytools/archive/2010/03/12/analyzing-test-results-in-mtm-part-ii.aspx
	Test data management and reporting
Introducing the test runner
	Background and history of test runner
	Doing manual testing with the test runner
	Filing bugs with test runner
	Fast forwarding tests in test runner
	Data driving your tests in test runner
	Using shared steps in test runner
	Doing exploratory testing in MTM
	Using the data diagnostic adapters in manual testing
	Bug Attachments
	Action Recording and Action Log
Deep Dives into manual testing
	Deep dive into fast forwarding tests – part 1
	Deep dive into fast forwarding tests – part 2
	Creating resilient automation in test runner
	Using the exclude/include app list in test runner
	Global shortcut keys in test runner
	Result computing in test runner
	Customizing work item types
	Delete actions from recording
	Making the most of your bugs
	Versioning test cases in MTM
Customization in MTM
	How can I configure MTLM to use my custom bug / test case type?
	Working with and customizing work item categories
	Writing Queries for Custom Work Items and Work Item Categories
	How to keep your Test Plans / Suites in sync with your Unit Test assemblies
Testing process guidelines
	Planning vs Testing
	Planning vs Testing (Part 2)
	Planning vs Testing (Part 3)
	Planning vs Testing (Part 4)
	Planning vs Testing (Part 5 – Final)
	Zen and the Art of Test Case Composition
	Testing in a Product Iteration
Troubleshooting
	Troubleshooting all diagnostic data adapters in test runner
	Troubleshooting time outs in data adapters
	Troubleshooting the video recording data adapter – part 1
	Troubleshooting the video recording data adapter – part 2
	Test results and build retention
	Intellitrace not getting collected during test run
	MTM Issue with large numbers of builds
	Common playback errors – troubleshooting (to be written)
Integration/Power tools
	Test Impact Walk-through
	Partner opportunities
	Test Scribe Power Tool Update
	Producing a test run summary using Test Scribe
	Producing a test plan summary document using Test Scribe
	Test Scribe documentation power tool for Visual Studio 2010 released
	“Test Case Migrator Plus” (Excel/MHT to TCM) tool on codeplex
Resources
	MSDN documentation
	MSDN forum for MTM
Team blogs
	https://blogs.msdn.com/vstsqualitytools
	https://blogs.msdn.com/amit_chatterjee
	https://blogs.msdn.com/anutthara
	https://blogs.msdn.com/chrispat
	https://blogs.msdn.com/edglas
	https://blogs.msdn.com/gautamg
	https://blogs.msdn.com/nnaderi
	https://blogs.msdn.com/pradeepn
	https://blogs.msdn.com/rubel
Twitter updates
	https://twitter.com/vs_test_tools
	https://twitter.com/anutthara
	https://twitter.com/chatterjee_amit
	https://twitter.com/drwill_ms
	https://twitter.com/mrigler_ms

Content index for Coded UI Test is here and web and load tests is here

Comments

• Anonymous
  August 11, 2010
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• Anonymous
  September 24, 2010
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• Anonymous
  October 13, 2010
  When I run a test, is there a way for me to set up a day and time for it to run? Sometimes we like to run our tests after hours.[Anu] You can use the windows scheduler to sched test runs on TCM or VS
• Anonymous
  November 21, 2010
  Is there any way by which I can simply mark my test cases pass/fail/blocked for a particular run without going through each and every step or even each and every test case in test runner. I simply want to use MTM for maintaining results for manual runs by build number. Is there any way to by pass the test runner UI. Probably importing results from Excel or a making a customized interface which will allow bulk marking of test case results.[Anu] Richa - we've heard this request a lot, so it is on our backlog for future releases. I was curious to know why you want to avoid MTR though - aren't the steps important to see while executing?
• Anonymous
  December 21, 2010
  I have installed Visual studio 2010 Premium. Can i download Microsoft Test Manager 2010 separately? if yes, can you provide the link from where i can download the liscenced verion.[Anu] Hi Ingr Babu - you need to have a license for VS 2010 Ultimate or VS 2010 Test Pro to use Microsoft Test Manager. With Premium, you get the unit test, load test and UI test automation only and not the MTM client
• Anonymous
  March 07, 2011
  can u give me visual studio 2010 test management tutorial...[Anu] Hari - try the product tour: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/try/test-professional-2010-tour
• Anonymous
  March 09, 2011
  Importing Test case/Bugs/Requirement to MTM.With the help of TestCaseMigratorPlus(Excel-MHT) V1.0 RC2 Binaries tool you can Import  required test case/ bugs/ Requirement to MTM .Check out this :-http://tcmimport.codeplex.com/ThanksBadal
• Anonymous
  July 14, 2011
  Thank goodness I've found this forum! Just about to investigate the use of MTM, currently using VS2010 C# & Selenium for portal testing. Expect some questions as soon as I've been through the tutorials[Anu] Welcome Gary - looking forward to hearing from you
• Anonymous
  August 08, 2011
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• Anonymous
  September 20, 2011
  Can i do Automated Acceptance Testing using Microsoft test Manager 2010?[Anu] Yep - that is what Coded UI tests are for
• Anonymous
  January 12, 2012
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• Anonymous
  February 17, 2013
  Hi,When I assign a bug toa developer, he does not get email and other way round if developer fixes any bug and assign to me to retest, then again I do not get any email notification.Please advice.Thanks
• Anonymous
  May 20, 2013
  Great index, thanks. Is there a guide anywhere that explains how to report from MTM for manual testing? I'm looking to be able to collect metrics on things like defect detection rate over time per functional area / tester; defect turnaround time (average time it takes for a defect to go from active to closed), summary of tests by closure reason, etc.Any help would be hugely appreciated.
• Anonymous
  June 09, 2013
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