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Visual Studio Test Manager 2010 – Exploratory Testing
07 December 10 08:58 AM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)

One of the things missing in most of the Testing Tools is the “Exploratory Testing”, where the tester runs an unmanaged tests which means that no steps reproduction is done when he finds a bug. Not Anymore… In Visual Studio Test Manager 2010 there is a great function called Exploratory Bug, so how do we use it? Step 1: First create a Test Case that will be the shell for the exploratory test, all you will need to do is write the Title and the meta data for the Test Case Step 2: Run the test case from...

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TFS 2010 Alerts User Guide – How To Set The Mail Server
12 October 10 08:06 AM | Eran Ruso | 2 comment(s)

This post is the Second post out of Five that builds the TFS 2010 Alerts User Guide . See the first post: “TFS 2010 Alerts User Guide – Introduction” On this post I will show how to set the mail server. The first thing you will need to do in order to user the Alerts mechanism is to set an SMTP server that the TFS will use. Follow these steps to set the SMTP: Step 1: Log in to the Server with a user that has TFS Administration rights Step 2: Launch the “Team Foundation Administration Console” Step...

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TFS 2010 Alerts User Guide – Introduction
26 September 10 12:57 PM | Eran Ruso | 6 comment(s)

Many times I am being asked about the Email alerts in TFS, I must admit that I had been lazy lately regarding this subject but that is now changed with this new User Guide. There are two alert methods to be used: Pull Alerts – Where the user decides which alerts to receive Push Alerts – Where the administrator decides which alerts each of the users will receive The Pull Alerts in my opinion is an unnecessary using Team System and I will explain why: In Team System you get all the information where...

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Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Add Validation To Your Coded UI Tests
16 May 10 11:50 PM | Eran Ruso | 6 comment(s)

This post is the Fourth post out of Four that builds the Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide . See the first post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction” , the second post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Create A Simple Coded UI Test” and the third post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Get A Coded UI Test Created In Manual Test Using The MTM Tool” On this post I will show how to add validation rules to the Coded UI Test that we have previously...

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Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Get A Coded UI Test Created In Manual Test Using The MTM Tool
20 April 10 12:13 AM | Eran Ruso | 4 comment(s)

This post is the Third post out of Four that builds the Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide . See the first post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction” and the second post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Create A Simple Coded UI Test” On this post I will show how to create a Coded UI Test based on prerecorded Coded UI Test. In the Microsoft Test Management (MTM) tool you run Test Plans with the Test Runner, In case that the “Action Log and Action Recording...

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Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Create A Simple Coded UI Test
27 March 10 08:47 PM | Eran Ruso | 22 comment(s)

This post is the Second post out of Four that builds the Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide . See the first post: “Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction” On this post I will show how to create a simple Coded UI Test. The example I will use in this guide created by Microsoft and is called: “IBuySpay” The example is a web application but we will use its GUI in the Coded UI Test. A few guide lines before we start: To create a test you need to have a Test Project Base every...

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Visual Studio 2010 Coded UI Test User Guide - Introduction
25 February 10 08:33 AM | Eran Ruso | 8 comment(s)

In Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft has added the Coded UI Test. Back to history: In Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft presented the Tester Edition, it contained the following parts: Web Test Automation Test Performance Test Unit Test Something that should have been a Manual Test, it was word or text documents contained the Test Cases. Practically no one used it. In Visual Studio 2008 tester edition no significant changes has been made. In Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft added more parts to the Tester Edition...

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Delete TFS 2010 Work Items
18 February 10 01:47 PM | Eran Ruso | 4 comment(s)

Many customers ask me about deleting Work Items from the TFS. Here is how to do it for TFS 2010: Step 1: Log-in to the TFS using a TFS administrator user. Step 2: Open a command line and go to: 32bit machine - “X:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common 7\IDE” 64bit machine - “X:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common 7\IDE” Step 3: Use the “witadmin.exe destroywi” command in the following way: witadmin.exe destroywi /Collection:http:\\[ServerName]:8080\tfs\[CollectionName...

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TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide Is Published
01 February 10 08:00 AM | Eran Ruso | 1 comment(s)

I am glad to announce that the TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide Is finally and available to download. I have worked hard to create this guide and I will be glad to hear what you think of it. It is available to download from the TFS Guides site. I will also like to know what other user guides you need. Have Fun!!!

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How To Configure Build Services To A Specific TFS 2010 Collection
25 January 10 11:04 AM | Eran Ruso | 8 comment(s)

In TFS 2010 we use collections , collections act as different “Servers” that the team can use in order to create separation between different groups of projects . The build services can service one collection at a time. In order to change the collection that the Build Services is servicing do the following: Step 1: Launch the “Team Foundation Administration Console” Step 2: Choose the “Team Foundation Build Configuration” menu item You can see the collection that is being served at point 1. Step...

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TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Create New Work Items Out Of An Existing Work Items
11 January 10 09:00 AM | Eran Ruso | 5 comment(s)

This post is the Fifth post out of Five that builds the TFS 2010 Work Items Basic Guide . See the first post: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Introduction” I have already published regarding the creation of new Work Items: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Create New Work Items” , about the Work Item Links: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Work Item Link Types” and about creating and using queries: “TFS 2010 Work Items Basic User Guide – Create And Use Queries” On this post I...

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