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  1. It will be useful if Coded UI test can report system memory usage

    Hi there

    It will be very helpful if there is an option to monitor and report system memory usage using Coded UI test. At the moment it is not possible while testing a win 32 application

    Thanks

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      0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • ability to make a metro app using Lightswitch

      ability to create a metro app (arm or x86) including metro UI elements in LightSwitch

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        3 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • Allow multiple work items added by id

        The new Team Explorer allows to enter an id to attach a related workitem so a changeset. It would be nice if I enter multiple values seperated by a space that it adds all the specified work items at once.

        Currently when we merge our changes between branches (say dev to main) we write the work item ids into the comment and so it would allow to copy and paste the id when the changeset is again merged into another branch (say main to release).

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          0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Better support for merging changesets and assosiate their work items to the new changeset

          We have this setup for our branches dev - main - pre-release - release.
          The problem is that when we merge the changes from main to pre-release that we merge several changesets each linked to some workitems. The merges are checked in and are linked to the workitems from the changesets we have merged. However there is no easy ide support to get all that ids. With say 20 changesets this is some reallly time eating action and I would like to have some support from Visual Studio here so that it provides me some easy way to get all…

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            0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • use navigation buttons on mouse for navigating

            Many mice have a 'Back' and a 'Forward' navigation button. How about using these buttons to navigate in Visual Studio? (equivalent hotkeys: CTRL+ -, CTRL+SHIFT+ -)

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              0 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • Allow Test Result Reporting for multiple Manual Test Cases that are associated with a single Automated Test Method

              While an Automated Test in Visual Studio can be linked to multiple Manual Test Cases in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), only ONE of the associated Manual Test Cases is marked as run / passed / failed when the Automated Test is run.

              [ Current Behavior ]
              1. Link an Automated Test Method in Visual Studio / TFS with a Manual Test Case in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) / TFS, via the Test List Editor or 'tcm.exe' tool
              2. Link the same Automated Test Method from Step 1 with another Manual Test Case in Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) / TFS, via…

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              • Add 2012 Guidance for Walkthrough: Authoring a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule Assembly for SQL

                Add 2012 Guidance for Walkthrough: Authoring a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule Assembly for SQL.

                The guidance found here(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd172127.aspx) works fine for a 2010 Database project but no custom rules are loaded when we upgrade or start a new 2012 project.

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                  0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Add annotation entry when a line of code is deleted.

                  Currently, annotation entries are only added when a line of code is changed. It would be very beneficial to see when a line of code has been removed.

                  Thanks!

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                    0 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Be able to start compilation of several project in parallel when using the option Build only Project X.

                    The IDE should allow to start compilation of several projects using the Build Only feature.

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                      0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • Stop Debugger window shuffling when starting debug

                      When VIsual studio goes into debug mode, there is a different window layout that kicks in, watch window, solution explorer, locals and all other windows have different positioning when visual studio goes into debug mode, that can be annoying and distracting as all my windows are already in a good location. Keeping the windows in the same location for both debug and coding should be good enough. It seems to be a feature that doesn't help much and distracts me. At least turning it off would be nice and probably faster to start the debug session as it would avoid…

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                        0 comments  ·  Debugger  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Allow different background colors for each screen

                        It would be great to be able to set certain screens to have a particular background tint without extensive code behind the application. Even a simple red/green/blue/orange/grey color palette would be nice.

                        For instance, if there are three similar-looking editable grid screens in an application, it would really help the user if each screen was a separate color. Having a color associated with certain screens would help the end user process what they are looking at a little bit easier.

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                          0 comments  ·  LightSwitch  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • The Schema Comparison utility. An great improvment would be to change the execution order of the "Write Updates" function. Now executing Sto

                          The Schema Comparison utility. An great improvement would be to change the execution order of the "Write Updates" function. Now executing Stored Procedures and then User Defined Functions, since UDF is often used in SP's it would make greater sense executing the other way round. Keep up the good work.

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                            0 comments  ·  SQL BI Tools (SRS, SSIS, SSAS)  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Load and parse files in separate thread

                            IDE hangs every time when i tried to load big xml file. It would be great if loading and parsing files was in separate thread.

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                              0 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • Show all "My" unanswered feedback requests after starting Feedback Client

                              At this moment you can start specific Feedback Request from the link in your e-mail, or you can start voluntary type of feedback response.

                              It will be better when I start Feedback client to see all unanswered requests as a list and to choose one of them to continue with process, or i can choose to start just voluntary type of feedback.

                              Now you should search emails and click on the links to provide feedback.

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                                3 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Support RadialGradientBrush

                                I would really like to see RadialGradientBrush added. That would be very important for the parallel development for the desktop and Metro. In addition, radial gradients are another core piece of rendering that needs to be part of the framework.

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                                  0 comments  ·  Windows 8 Apps  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • Ability to disable 'class preview' in solution explorer

                                  In Visual Studio 2012 Solution Explorer will now not only show solution files but also allows to drill down to the file contents.

                                  I do not like this feature as it adds noise to SE and would like ability to switch it off.

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                                    3 comments  ·  IDE  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                  • ADFS federated authentication for TFS in Azure (tfspreview)

                                    Allowing federated authentication for TFS in Azure (tfspreview.com) so that we can manage our users internally

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                                      13 comments  ·  Team Foundation Server  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Title bar takes up too much vertical space on my monitor

                                      How come the title bar of the main window is twice as high as in VS2010? It feels like I'm back on a 10" netbook even though I have a 24" screen.

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                                      • Add full support for debug registers or data breakpoints for value writes

                                        It would be really useful if there was full support for debug registers, allowing users to set data breakpoints so execution breaks not only on value changes but on value/address writes or reads.

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                                          0 comments  ·  Debugger  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • Provide built-in support for acceptance testing framework

                                          Provide built-in support for a Microsoft-based Acceptance Testing Framework similar to Fitnesse (http://fitnesse.org/). This will integrate the entire user experience of creating User Stories, Storyboarding and creating Acceptance Tests during Agile development all into the Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server suite of tools.

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                                            0 comments  ·  Visual Studio Ultimate  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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