Visual Studio Test Professional Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 7 out of 10

Score

7 out of 10

Community insights

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Pros

Efficient Testing Automation: Users have consistently found the product efficient for automating tests, emphasizing its crucial role in streamlining the software development life cycle and improving overall productivity. The seamless integration of developer tools and test software contributes to its value as a comprehensive application-building package.

User-Friendly Design: Customers appreciate the intuitive user interface and straightforward design of the tool, which enhances usability for a diverse range of users involved in testing and development tasks. The accessibility of features further adds to its appeal among users.

Effective Collaboration Features: Reviewers highlight the effective collaboration features that enable seamless teamwork, such as sharing test data, inter-team communication capabilities, and streamlined testing management functionalities. These collaborative tools contribute significantly to enhancing team efficiency and coordination during the testing process.

Reviews

15 Reviews

A credible software for comprehensive text execution.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

January 15, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used it to streamline our testing for the .net framework and our ansible roles molecule testing. It efficiently executed those and even helped us track potential bugs. Most of its use in our organization is for testing workflows and integration with Azure DevOps to align them with development cycles, organizing workflows in one place.

Pros

One of the best things is that it supports both manual and automated testing.
Along with the execution of tests, the tester can even view whether their tests pass or fail.
Multiple testers or developers can collaborate with each other through shared dashboards, allowing them to stay on track.

Cons

Although it is good for .net Windows-based apps, its support for mobile applications is minimal.
Most organizations today don't use Azure DevOps, which is flexible. Support with GitHub action would help.
Lags when performing on heavy projects and hangs a lot.

Likelihood to Recommend

It would be well suited if we used it with Azure DevOps as we can effortlessly integrate the test cases and even stories or tasks to stay on track with our work. Those test cases can even be reused across multiple projects. Using any other third-party tools, such as Jira, can be less appropriate, as it's not a Microsoft tool, and its capabilities will be limited.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Visual Studio Test Professional good platform for developers and testing teams.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

December 8, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is being use in the IT department for with SQL database to create and maintain workflows.

Pros

It does a great job at combining developer tool and test software together.
It is a good package to build app for our platform.
it is good for automating test for our applications.

Cons

It mostly works with Microsoft products.
It is not easy to use if you are not familiar with visual studio.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is well suited for tracking and reporting bugs with in Microsoft ecosystem. It is less suited for small business are is resource intensive.

Sikandar Hamid

Senior Business Planning and Reporting Analyst in Finance and Accounting at ALDI USA (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Professional Test Tool

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 9, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using visual studio products for about 9 years. We are also making our improvements in Visual Studio at the institution where I am currently working. For tests, we use the Visual Studio Test tool in addition to the Selenium product. We create the test cases of our software through this tool. Visual Studio is a very useful tool for unit testing and component testing. It is also used in code evaluation and code correction stages. Thus, it provides efficiency in both the development and testing process. We can perform our manual and automatic tests.

Pros

It plays an active role in both the testing and development process.
It is the only tool for all test processes.
User friendly design.
Easy of use

Cons

Database management needs to be improved.
Shortcuts are insufficient.
It is difficult to learn.
It is costly.

Likelihood to Recommend

Selenium is used as a test tool at the institution where I work now. We use Visual Studi during the development phase. We started using the Visual Studio Test tool in order to avoid paying for two different tools for development and testing processes. It is a much more useful tool than Selenium.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

9 years of experience

One-Stop Shop, Unified Dev/Test tool

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 22, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual Studio Test Professional is used by our R&D and Dev teams for running rigorous tests on our in-house software. We have very unique business needs because we develop a lot of custom software and custom tools to manage that software. With VS Test Pro we are not limited on the scope and scale of innovation we can embark on. It fits perfectly with the C# and .NET environment most of our developers prefer. The automation that Visual Studio Test Pro provides the much needed scalability to run our unit testing.

Pros

Availability of the desktop client or the web interface. The web interface being the favorite and providing a better experience.
It enables you to write unit tests with so much ease.
Allows the recording and repeating of manual tests
It can be set up for collaboration.

Cons

The price is a bit out of reach of many.
The learning curve is quite steep. It needs a lot of foundational knowledge to grasp.
Can be quite hardware-resource intensive.

Likelihood to Recommend

Visual Studio Test Professional is best for .NET and C# based development, which is what 90% of our developers and projects do. It is an integral part of the CI/CD pipeline for our custom made Enterprise resource planning tool. It also works very well with Azure providing seamless integration to way more functionality.

Verified User

Analyst in Quality Assurance (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Compatible with SDLC and Agile processes

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 22, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Microsoft products like Visual Studio and SQL Server at work. Our software development team uses a Microsoft Visual Studio Test product. We have previously tested software projects developed in Visual Studio with the Selenium product tool. Later, we started using Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional. We created our testing processes with the help of the Visual Studio Test tool. We manage all test scenarios of our software projects through this tool.

Pros

Test scenarios in the SDLC process can be easily applied to the Visual Studio Test tool.
It works compatible with Microsoft Windows Server and database.
The debug screen of the Visual Studio Test product is quite successful. It allows you to quickly access the details of the error received.

Cons

The user community of the Visual Studio Test product is weak. For instant problems with this product, it is necessary to quickly reach the source of the error.
Licence fees need to be more reasonable. License prices need to be reduced so that they can easily compete with free testing tools.

Likelihood to Recommend

The Visual Studio Test product of Agile and SDLC processes works successfully. In the current situation, Agile works successfully in the scenarios recommended by the product for its processes. But in more difficult testing stages, such as regression testing, we can get instant errors.

zahit bogus

Business Intelligence Consultant in Information Technology at EMO A.Ş (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Best tool for quality assurance throughout development

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 21, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual studio test professional is used with In the department of Product of Development. We are making an ongoing delivery with quality optimization. It helps in the integration of test cases and services. Along with development, it helps in building a great application with good quality measures.

Pros

Test integrity
Overall build quality
Ongoing delivery

Cons

Build management
Collaboration

Likelihood to Recommend

Visual studio test professional is well suited for frequent changes with ongoing deliveries of products where we most require the high level of test integrity that this provides. For build management, it is less appropriate.

Krishn Garg

SharePoint Consultant in Information Technology at Infosys (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional is very professional

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 18, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Visual Studio Test Professional across the whole organization in order to test the applications that I code and develop. It allows me to do testing in the cloud and test in multiple environments in order to make sure that all of my releases are clean and reliable. Highly recommend.

Pros

Testing in multiple environments
Testing in the cloud
Recording test results

Cons

Name confusion with Microsoft Test Manager
Testing across platforms could have easier user interface
Testing in the cloud could have easier user interface

Likelihood to Recommend

Visual Studio Test Professional is extremely well suited for people who want to test applications they are coding in a manner that is easily repeatable, recordable, and done in a business-like manner. Visual Studio Test Professional is less suitable for the actual coding itself of applications you are working on.

Verified User

Professional in Professional Services (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

Visual Studio Test Professional Review

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 15, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual Studio Test Professional is being used within my branch (in a single department) as part of developing a GUI to be utilized by air traffic personnel (especially for maintenance planning). The GUI will be capable of being displayed on multiple platforms, in which real-time data of various navigation approach systems will be accessible to air traffic across the contiguous United States.

Pros

Multi-platform development capabilities
No need for additional plug-ins
Real-time code debugging capabilities
Supports many different programming languages
Auto-populate functionality
Intuitive and user friendly design
Very easy to create libraries

Cons

Requires a lot of RAM/memory
The need to reboot one's computer following an update is cumbersome.
Very expensive, therefore, likely not accessible to single-users/small start-up businesses

Likelihood to Recommend

Due to the ability to code using various programming languages, this tool is good for businesses to integrate tacross many different needs/applications, as well as various employee skill-sets. This tool may be less appropriate for single-users/start-ups since it requires hardware/firmware with enough power/space to support its use.

Verified User

Analyst in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Testing made easier and faster

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 12, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual Studio Test Professional is used as a link between business analysts, developers and QA, across almost all of our IT projects. It makes the three teams speak the same language and dramatically shortens the project cycles, avoiding usual problems such as "can’t reproduce the bug" or "it works on my PC" and so on.

Testing is now industrialized and we are looking forward to automation capabilities that were made possible by the tool, integrated with azure devops server.

Pros

Testing management.
Inter-team communication.
Test data sharing.

Cons

The tool can be a little bit hard to understand for non-IT users.
Consumes many hardware resources.
The new cloud version is very different from the desktop former one.

Likelihood to Recommend

Very useful when the QA or business analysts team takes enough time to prepare, plan and save testing scenarios, so that dev team finds it ready at the first step of implementation. But that step can be annoying - and unproperly done - for teams that are not enough rigorous in their work.

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

Visual Studio Test Professional passes the tests for streamlined testing and test management!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 12, 2020

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Visual Studio Test Professional is used by our Software Testers in our core product testing as well as our client specific customized studies. Visual Studio Test Professional allows our Testers to write and manage Test Plans, Test Suites and Test Cases as well as run manual and automated tests to assure the software is stable, works as intended and is bug free (or as close to bug free as possible!)

Pros

Visual Studio Test Professional when paired with Azure DevOps is the best solution for Test Case Management when compared to other Testing tools we've used in the past.
Test Results and Artifacts are always available with full traceablility for audits.
Testing and Release Management are tied together as one continuous pipeline.

Cons

Interface can be confusing.
Needs more shortcut keys.
Needs better export features, like exporting to Excel.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you're used to the Visual Studio IDE for coding, then it feels very natural using Visual Studio Test Professional. If you're not used to the GUI, then it does have a bit of a learning curve and then Testers might be better suited using the web interface. Both accomplish the same end results and the licensing covers both options.

Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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