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Exploratory Testing in Microsoft Test Manager

September 21, 2012 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


This is a feature you can find in the latest release of Microsoft Test Manager included with Visual Studio Ultimate 2012, Visual Studio Premium 2012 or Visual Studio Test Pro 2012.  If you’re interesting in the entire feature comparison across editions you can see it here. In the screenshot above I launched Microsoft Test Manager […]

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Ottawa IT/Code Camp Session Resources

April 16, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 0 Comments


  If you are attending my session today about Visual Studio Lab Management titled “Kill Bugs Faster and Build and Run Your Virtual Test Lab Using Microsoft Visual Studio Lab Management 2010” here are some resources to help you get up to speed. VHD Test Drive – Visual Studio Lab Management Lab Management (pre-release) 2010 […]

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Network Isolation and Domain Joined Machines

February 9, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 4 Comments


  If you decide to build an environment in Lab Manager which has a server performing the domain controller role, when you are joining the machines to the domain make sure you don’t rename them.  If you do you will get “Additional Information” messages displayed about the state of those machines. Network isolation is complete. […]

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If environment name contains a "," a suitable build agent cannot be found by the controller

February 7, 2011 by Wes MacDonald 1 Comment


If an environment is created in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) in Lab Center and the name contains a “,” the build controller is unable to find an enabled build agent.  Once I renamed Calc (Fenced, Test) to Calc (Complete) the build was able to proceed. Do not bother trying to "Tag” the build agent to […]

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