In 2010, Microsoft released a bold new featureset to support management of virtual test environments. "Lab Management" provided the ability to easily spin up test environments, perform automated build and deployments, run automated tests, and collect diagnostic data. Unfortunately, many teams were discouraged by the infrastructure requirements. Now, with Visual Studio 2012 and standard environments, even small teams or groups that can't use Microsoft's Hyper-V can still benefit from lab management. This session will demonstrate how to configure your existing environments for many of the same compelling features formally available only with Hyper-V.

1. Managing Test Labs Without the Headaches
Visual Studio 2012
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Efficiently Build Better Software

2. Agenda
• Lab Management Overview
– Demo: Creating a Standard Environment
• Version Comparison
– Agents
– Standard Environments
• Workflow Impact
– Demo: Implementing a BDT workflow in a
Standard Environment

3. Test Environments
• Group of machines configured to support testing of a
system
Web
• Generally… Server App
Server
– Shared resources
– IT and/or Dev Controlled
• Configuration
• Reconfiguration
• Backup/Restore
• Deployment
Database
Server

4. Lab Management
• Create and manage virtual or standard test
environments
• Take snapshots or revert to existing snapshots for
virtual environments
• Interact with test environment through the
Environment Viewer
• Support for shared or isolated virtual environments
• Define and use test settings for environments
• Facilitate automated build/deploy/test

5. Virtual and Standard Test Environments
Environment #1 Environment #2a Environment #2b
Virtual Machine Server(s)
Environment Environment
#2a #2b
VM1 VM4
VM2 VM5
VM3 VM6

6. Logical Lab Architecture
Microsoft Test Manager (Lab Center and Environment Viewer)
Team Foundation Server Standard
Environment(s)
Lab Management
System Center Virtual
Test Management Machine Manager
(SCVMM)
Build Management
Library Server(s)
Hyper-V Host(s)
Environment(s)
Test
Work Item Tracking Controller(s)
Virtual
Version Control Build
Controller(s)
Reporting

7. DEMONSTRATION
• Using MTM‟s Lab Center to
Create a Standard
Environment

8. Agenda
• Lab Management Overview
– Demo: Creating a Standard Environment
• Version Comparison
– Agents
– Standard Environments
• Workflow Impact
– Demo: Implementing a BDT workflow in a
Standard Environment

9. Lab Management 2010
• First Generation product
• Core Functionality
– Physical & Virtual Test Environments
– Build-Deploy-Test (BDT) Workflow*
– Test Environment Snapshots*
– Environment Viewer
– Identical network-isolated environments*
* Out-of-the-box for Hyper-V only

10. Changes in Lab Management 2012
• Simplified Agent Configuration
• SCVMM 2012 and Clustered Host Support
• Standard Environments

11. Simplified Agent Configuration
• Visual Studio 2010
– Three agent types installed on client machine:
• Test
• Build
• Lab Agent
• Visual Studio 2012
– Single agent (Test) automatically installed during
environment creation

12. Agents
• Installed on “client” machines
• Three agent types:
– Test Agent – Enables automated
testing on the client machine
– Build Agent – Enables
automated deployment to the
client machine
– Lab Agent – Enables Network
Isolation (2010 Only)
• Available on the Lab
Management media (Test and
Lab) or the TFS media (Build)
• Can be installed/maintained
using the VMPrepTool

13. Test Controllers and Agents
Figure from MSDN documentation

14. Build Controllers and Agents
Team
Automated build and deployment is
Foundation
through Build Controllers and Agents.
Server
Build Standard Virtual
(Deploy) Environment (2012) Environment with
Build
Controller(s) with Build Agents Build Agents
Build
(Compile)
System #1 VM #1
Build
System #2 VM #2
Server(s)
(with Build
Agents) Etc. Etc.

15. Lab Agents (2010 Only)
Virtual Machine Server(s)
Environment A Environment B Environment C
VM1+Agent VM1+Agent VM1+Agent
VM2+Agent VM2+Agent VM2+Agent
VM3+Agent VM3+Agent VM3+Agent

16. Standard Environments
• Environments composed of non-Hyper-V machines:
– Physical machines
– VMWare
– Other non-Microsoft virtualization technologies
• Lab management features available without SCVMM
and Hyper-V:
– Automated Deploy
– Automated Testing
• Easy to get started testing using Lab Management

17. Environment Comparison
Virtual Standard
Capability
Environments Environments
Testing
Run manual tests Supported Supported
Run coded UI and other automated tests Supported Supported
File rich bugs using diagnostic adapters Supported Supported
Build deployment
Automatic build-deploy-test workflow Supported Supported
Environments creation and management
Automatically install test agent into machines
Supported Supported
of the environment
Create environment from VM template Supported Not supported
Start/stop/snapshot environment Supported Not supported
Connect using Environment Viewer Supported Supported
Run multiple copies of an environment at the
Supported Not supported
same time using network isolation

18. Comparison of Installation Process
Virtual Environments Standard Environments
• Prerequisites: • Prerequisites:
– TFS 2010 or TFS 2012 – TFS 2010 or TFS 2012
• SCVMM Admin Console on the TFS
– Virtual machine host server(s):
• Windows Server 2008 or later (R2
or 2012 recommended)
• Hyper-V
• SCVMM Server
• Library server
• Process:
• Process: – Install agents on existing physical
– Configure Lab Management using (or non-Hyper-V virtual) machines
the TFS Admin Console • „Automatic‟ with TFS 2012
– Import virtual machines – Create environments based those
machines
– Install agents as needed
– Create environments, templates,
etc. in library

19. Agenda
• Lab Management Overview
– Demo: Creating a Standard Environment
• Version Comparison
– Agents
– Standard Environments
• Workflow Impact
– Demo: Implementing a BDT workflow in a
Standard Environment

20. Build Workflow
DEV
DEV
DEV
C#
EXE
TFS Version
Control
TFS Build Process

21. Manual Test Workflow
QA QA
Run Tests in
Standard
Rich
Environment
Bug

22. Developer Workflow
DEV
Review
Rich
Bug Bug fix
checked into
TFS

23. Implementing a BDT Workflow
• Configure Team Foundation Build Service for your
team project collection
• Set up a test controller and register it with your team
project collection
• Set up a lab environment
– SCVMM, or
– Standard (physical, VMWare, other virtualization platform)
• To run automated tests after deployment
– Create a test plan with test case(s)
– Create automated test(s) and link to test case(s)
– Create test settings for the automated test(s)
• Create deployment scripts for your application(s)
• Configure BDT workflow

24. DEMONSTRATION
• Implementing a Build-
Deploy-Test Workflow using
a Standard Environment

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• Streamline Your Testing with Visual Studio 2012 Testing
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• Getting Started with Coded UI Testing: Building Your First
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