Virtual Lab Management

Using Visual Studio 2010, Readify saves time and money with virtual testing

Australian software vendor Readify typically performs consulting work onsite at customer locations and bills on a time-and-materials basis. The company wanted to provide high visibility for some of its customers into the development process for cost-estimation purposes. To do so, it needed to re-create customer environments on its own virtual machines and perform the work in-house. By deploying Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Visual Studio Lab Management 2010, and Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010, Readify is now able to manage multiple virtual machines as a single environment—which greatly accelerates virtual machine setup, teardown, and restoration to known states. Projects that once took full days can now be completed within 10 minutes. Additionally, Readify has improved collaboration within its teams and with its customers, and is bringing in new revenue.

With most virtual labs, there can be significant expense associated with licensing the testing software that’s needed. The Lab Management solution in Visual Studio 2010 helps developers navigate traditional lab testing challenges and can also help reduce developer-tester friction. And because Lab Management is automated, you can enjoy shorter cycles, fewer human errors, and much greater predictability. There’s also a financial and environmental benefit gained by reducing the number of physical boxes drawing power and generating heat. Finally, Visual Studio 2010 can help reduce the time your IT staff spends provisioning new environments for other team members; using Microsoft Test Manager (included with Ultimate and Test Professional), everyone on the team has an easy-to-use tool for self-service access to the environments they need.

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Visual Studio for Virtual Lab Management:

Test Professional 2010

Specialized toolset for QA teams to simplify test planning and manual test execution.

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Team Foundation Server 2010

Collaborative platform at the core of Microsoft’s ALM solution.

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2010 Ultimate

Comprehensive suite of tools to help teams ensure quality results, from design to deployment.

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