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EXTENDING TESTING INTO THE LAB Richard Fennell Engineering Director, Black Marble @RichardFennellrfennell@blackmarble.co.ukhttp://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell

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What should our development cycle be? Developer writes code Compile locally Run unit tests locally Check-in Central Automated CI Build inc. running of unit tests Automated Deploy to Test Automated Integration tests UAT/Human Test Log Bugs/Change Requests

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How does Visual Studio 2010 Help?

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Team Foundation Server (TFS) Lab Management Test Case management Build management Work Item Tracking Source Control System Center Management Stack Operations Manager Virtual Machine Manager Virtualization Platform Hyper-V

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How to Install TFS Lab Management Install TFS 2010 Install GDR patch to enable Lab Management (or Service pack 1) Install a SCVMM Server Install SCVMM Admin Console on TFS server On SCVMM Server configure hosts and shares

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How to Install TFS Lab Management Install TFS 2010 Install GDR patch to enable Lab Management (or Service pack 1) Install a SCVMM Server Install SCVMM Admin Console on TFS server On SCVMM Server configure hosts and shares Tell TFS the SCVMM server address

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How to Install TFS Lab Management Install TFS 2010 Install GDR patch to enable Lab Management (or Service pack 1) Install a SCVMM Server Install SCVMM Admin Console on TFS server On SCVMM Server configure hosts and shares Tell TFS the SCVMM server address On each TPC configure lab settings

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How to Install TFS Lab Management Install TFS 2010 Install GDR patch to enable Lab Management (or Service pack 1) Install a SCVMM Server Install SCVMM Admin Console on TFS server On SCVMM Server configure hosts and shares Tell TFS the SCVMM server address On each TPC configure lab settings And now the work starts..

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Lab Management Concepts Environment VMs Templates Snapshots Controllers and Agents

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Environment Each VM in Environment Developer What controls what? Test Controller Build Controller TFS Team Project Collection Test Agent Lab Agent Build Agent Build Agent Build Agent Environment CapabilityLab Agent Required? Test Agent Required? Build Agent Required? TestingX Deployment workflowX Network IsolationXX

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Lab Management Concepts Environment VMs Templates Snapshots Controllers and Agents Network Isolation

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Lab Management Concepts Environment VMs Templates Snapshots Controllers and Agents Network Isolation Host and Guest Connections

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Process of End to End Testing Lab Build Requested Ordinary Build Performed Request the Lab Start Lab Build Deploy the software Run automated Tests Triage Issues Build Report Stored Run Manual Tests

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LAB MANAGEMENT Demo

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Summary Delivering quality software is not just about programming Automated builds bring repeatable quality to a project Lab Management can extend this into both automated and manual testing with a fully integrated solution

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Resources Visual Studio 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions Rangers Lab Management Guide http://ralabman.codeplex.com/ VHD Test Drive - Visual Studio 2010 Lab Management http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=592e874d- 8fcd-4665-8e55-7da0d44b0dee&displaylang=en Visual Studio Lab Management team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lab_management/ Techdays 2010 UK Video Putting some Testing into your TFS Build Process http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/putting-some-testing-into-your-tfs- build-process/15bkj6pcv

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QUESTIONS

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Richard Fennell Engineering Director, Black Marble Ltd. rfennell@blackmarble.co.uk http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell @RichardFennell

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LAB MANAGEMENT Backup Demo Screenshots

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