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  1. prerequisite for test case

    I would prefer a prerequisite as a filed while writing test case.

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    • Support Coded UI Testing for Windows Store applications

      I am a QA at a company with a Windows 8 Modern UI app in development. We have a comprehensive CI automation suite across desktop and mobile sites and applications, and are looking for something to automate our Modern UI app.

      Usually we would use Coded UI Test in VS 2012 Ultimate, but it appears that this is not supported.

      Can you please support Coded UI Test for Windows Store applications? I cannot see us releasing this application to the Store until we have the security of automation behind us.

      14 votes
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      • Test Manager reporting of tests.

        It should be possible to change the word template used to generate test reports.

        We use the system for FAT/SAT test on big installation where the paper version is used to report findings suggestions and bugs in a comment field next to each teststep. Further we would like to insert company , product logo and other stuff.
        As we have everything in word it is possible, but sometimes we also alter/extend tests and need to generate the test report again

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        • Provide the capability to execute nested suites from the top level suite

          If I build a test plan with a hierarchy of suites, I'd like to be able to start execution on the top level suite and for that to automatically include the lower level suites in the execution

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          • Mutation Testing within MS Test

            I would like to have mutation testing integrated with MS Test.
            Mutation testing should be based on information about the code coverage.
            Therefore, once the MS Test is run, mutation testing will, optionally, run on set of mutants. This set of mutants will contain faulty source code with mutations being made only at places covered by MS Test suit.
            At the end, the user is provided with information about the live mutants. The user can then dissmiss equal mutants (mutants with the same behaviour) and they won't be run in the next mutant testing.

            13 votes
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            • Ability to copy multiple test cases simultanuously

              Considering the following situation:

              - I have a "master" test plan with multiple test ideas (test case template) and I want to copy those into a "Sprint test plan"
              - I created multiple test case in a "Sprint" test plan and I want to copy them back to the "Master" test plan as regression test. (a reference is not good since any further modifications will make them invalid for previous version
              - I have a bunch of test cases organized in another specification test suite for which the related specification is really similar. This would prevent me from having to…

              12 votes
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              • Allow the Tester field to be configurable

                Currently, the choices in the Tester field on the Assign Testers screen span just about everybody in the company. However, only about 9 or 10 people are ever assigned test cases to run. I suggest you allow this field to be configured to default to just the test team, so it's quicker to pick through the list.

                (Note: I am not talking about a Test Case's "Assigned To" field. See attachment for the field to which I am referring.)

                11 votes
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                • SCVMM be able to manage Virtual Machines hosted on Windows Azure IaaS for Lab Management

                  I would like SCVMM to be able to manage Virtual Machines hosted on Windows Azure IaaS so that Lab Management could create enviroments based on machines available on IaaS.

                  It would be very nice because will remove the infraestructure / hardware barriers of our customers. They will be able to maximize the use of lab to tests and deployment scenarios and pay the bill just for the machine up time.

                  These environments would take advantage of traditional SCVMM environments like start/stop, snapshots & rollbacks, and provisioning from templates. They will be able to be used for manual, exploratory, and automated…

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                  • Minimize the Visual studio window while executing coded ui Tests

                    Minimize the Visual studio window while executing coded ui Tests. Now we are getting flashing of screens between Visual Studio and AUT while executing Data driven test.

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                    • Test Manager - Additional notes for test execution

                      An area to write notes that appear pop up prior to test execution, nice to haves or need to knows for the tester.

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                      • Provide the ability to run multiple test suites within a test plan in Microsoft Test Manager

                        Currently Microsoft Test Manager allows running only one test suite at a time within a Test Plan. Real testing of any reasonably large system will result in the creation of multiple test suites within a Test Plan, some of which are likely to be Test suites nested within other Test Suites.

                        Please provide a way for the user to select multiple any or all Test Suites withing a Test Plan and with a single Run "command"

                        11 votes
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                        • Enable editing of OS Profile and Hardware profile parameters from MTM when working against SCVMM 2012

                          The title says it all - we would really like to be able to edit the OS and Hardware profiles from within MTM when working against SCVMM 2012.

                          Thanks

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                          • 11 votes
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                            • Create Test Management Client to run Test Suite

                              There should be a Test Management client that can be run without or with minimal licencing costs, so that clients can use the tool to run tests on their own. There should be the abilitiy for the client to create bugs directly in TFS out of the test management client.

                              10 votes
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                              • email test case from MTM

                                Add the ability to email a Test Case from MTM

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                                • 10 votes
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                                  • Query based suites in MTM

                                    Allow query based suites to show user stories and also allow query to include linked work items, such that I could create a query based suite that would do the following:

                                    show all user stories that do not have any test cases attached

                                    this would be VERY handy

                                    10 votes
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                                    • Change DeploymentItem so it copies Files for each TestMethod

                                      The DeploymentItem allows currently only to copy a file once. It will not be overwritten automatically if it is still in the folder but a new TestMethod is executed. This is very anoing for real unit tests and could easily be fixed by adding a property with which it is possible to define that a file shall overwrite existing once.

                                      10 votes
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                                      • Make MSTest/Test Agents more stable in large environments (better COM exception handling)

                                        Many users (myself included) run into periodic COM exceptions with pools of test agents (particularly around failed tests, after which no more tests can be run without manual intervention, due to COM exceptions). The stability of this feature is lower than other test running applications, or simple scripting. Several reports are available here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsautotest/thread/0014f944-1c99-412f-9e2c-051ed50b52b0/?prof=required
                                        It'd be great to fix this issue in VS11.
                                        Thanks for a great product.

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                                        • Apply some "Source Indexing" on "Test Results" imported from a Build in TFS

                                          When Unit Tests are executed on a Build Server, the "call stacks" reported in the "Test Results" (.trx) are referencing (hyperlinks) the sources using those sources' local path on the Build Server. It means that we cannot open the sources directly from the "Test Results" Window of Visual Studio, on a development workstation.

                                          It would be really great to have an equivalent to the Source Indexing mechanism used on the pdb stored on the Symbol Server... we could then easily access the Unit Test sources from any workstations as well as get the exact version used by the Build we…

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