Authoring and Running Manual Tests using Microsoft Test Manager 2010

In this lab, you will learn how to use Microsoft Test Manager to author a manual test case and take advantage of test parameters. You will then run this test case using the Microsoft Test Runner. While running this test case you will capture an action recording which can be used to take advantage of Fast Forward for Manual Testing, to quickly re-run test steps or even entire test cases in the future. Finally you will explore how Shared Steps can be used to more effectively author common test steps which can then be reused across multiple test cases.

Overview

In this lab you will learn how to use Microsoft Test Manager to author a manual test case and take advantage of test parameters. You will then run this test case using the Microsoft Test Runner. While running this test case you will capture an action recording which can be used to take advantage of Fast Forward for Manual Testing, to quickly re-run test steps or even entire test cases in the future. Finally, you will explore how Shared Steps can be used to more effectively author common test steps, which can then be reused across multiple test cases.

This hands-on-lab is one out of a number of labs that deal with Microsoft Test Manager 2010. The recommended order to complete the labs in is as follows:

• Introduction to Test Planning with Microsoft Test Manager 2010
• Introduction to Test Case Management with Microsoft Test Manager 2010
• Authoring and Running Manual Tests using Microsoft Test Manager 2010
• Introduction to Exploratory Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010
• Introduction to Platform Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2010
• Introduction to Quality Tracking with Visual Studio 2010

System Requirements

In order to complete this lab you will need the Visual Studio 2010 virtual machine provided by Microsoft. For more information on acquiring and using this virtual machine, please see this blog post.

Exercises

This Hands-On Lab comprises the following exercises:

1. Authoring a Manual Test Plan
2. Running a Manual Test Plan
3. Analyzing Manual Test Results
4. Creating Shared Steps

Estimated time to complete this lab: 60 minutes.

Next Step

Exercise 1: Authoring a Manual Test Plan