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Mastering Testing with Visual Studio 2010 Training

This three day course is designed for testers looking to get up to speed with Visual Studio 2010 as quickly as possible. At the start of the course, we look at Agile Testing and how we can better work as part of Agile development teams.

The course then focuses on features of Microsoft Test Professional 2010 which is a standalone product or part of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition.

The course teaches you how to plan and execute your tests using the Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) product. It looks at test suites, test plans, test cases and test configurations and how you can make your tests as resilient as possible.

During the course attendees will also learn how testers and developers can work more closely together to reduce the time it takes to find and fix software defects. Through the efficient use of new data collectors, developers should be able to pinpoint issues quicker than ever before.

One of the key topics that should also interest teams is how they can effectively report testing progress and the status of various test suites and test cases.

Towards the end of the course, attendees will also see the powerful new Team Lab Management product and see how it can assist you in rapidly provisioning complete test environments based on Microsoft Hyper-V.

This course includes hands-on labs to reinforce practical skills and ensure you’re ready to use the tools on your return to your workplace.

Audience

This event is designed for team members that perform the role of Tester within their team in either a full time or part time capacity. The course would also be beneficial for developers looking to increase their knowledge of testing.

Prerequisites:

Attendees should be familiar with Visual Studio and the basic use of Team Foundation Server.

What should you know by the end of the course?

At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

• Describe the testing capabilities of Visual Studio 2010
• Create and manage test plans, test suites and test configurations
• Create a range of different test types
• Execute tests using the Microsoft Test Runner
• Create actionable, high quality bug reports
• Create and maintain coded UI tests
• Understand the use of each of the new data collectors

Course Outline

Introduction to Agile Testing

• Traditional vs Agile Testing
• How “Agile” relates to testing
• Becoming an Agile tester
• Understanding testing terminology
• Keys to effective testing

A lap around Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

• A look at the Visual Studio 2010 product family
• Introducing Microsoft Test Professional 2010
• The role of Team Foundation Server

Working with Microsoft Test Manager

• Creating Test Suites
• Mapping requirements to tests
• Creating and managing test cases
• Configuring Test settings
• Diagnostic data adapters
• Analysing impacted tests

Manual Test recording and playback

• Executing test cases
• Raising high quality actionable bug reports
• Test case Fast forward
• Creating Shared Steps

Test Automation and Coded UI Testing

• Planning test automation
• Creating Coded UI tests from action recordings
• Using the Coded UI Test Builder
• Enhancing and data driving your Coded UI tests

Web Performance and Load Testing

• Creating Web Performance tests
• Data driving your tests
• Creating and executing Load Tests
• Understanding Load Test results

Reporting test progress and the status of tests

• Producing test progress reports
• Using Test Scribe to produce Test Plan documents
• Creating ad-hoc reports using Excel

An overview of Lab Management

• What is Lab Management?
• Using the Lab Center in MTM
• Creating and managing lab environments
• Configuring tests to run in a lab environment