Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional is a new SKU in Visual Studio 2010. The tool Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) within it is a great start but notoriously buggy as it is a first release. So when you install Test Professional you will want to make sure you get ALL the updates and service packs to eliminate a lot of the bugs. These steps are based on this post from Microsoft.
Soooo, here’s the order you should do things:
- Install the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Visual Studio Test Professional 2010 that was released on 4/12/2010. You can get this at msdn.com through your MSDN subscription.
- Install KB2387011
- Restart your computer
- Install Visual Studio Service Pack 1
- Restart your computer (what else did you think? 🙂 )
- Install KB2581206
- Restart your computer (again for the 100 millionth time!!!)
- Optionally install KB2608743 if you’re concerned about your TFS database becoming too big with test results and that ruining your GUI experience in MTM.
You’re done!!! Hallejuah! Now go home 🙂 Wait a minute!!! Did I see you sneaking out the door! You have more installing to do!! Come back over here you!
- Install Feature Pack 2. You can find it on MSDN.
- If you want to use the Firefox feature of playing back automated tests, download Firefox 3.6 here.
- Then configure it using these instructions.
Now, I’ll think about letting you go home…..
Woody Press 