TFS 2010 Lab Management - There are no test cases matching the criteria specified

Have you seen the below error while running the Build-Deploy-Test worklow using Lab Managemnt in TFS 2010. "There are no test cases matching the criteria specified. Use Microsoft Test Manager to view the test cases."

Following are the possible causes for this error:

• You are not building the test projects in the Build. Hence the test binaries are missing in TestDirectory.
• You have not selected the correct Test Plan or Test Suite in the Test section of the Lab Build Definition which has the automated test cases .
• The Test Confirugation selected in the Test section of the Lab Build Definition does not match the Configuration selected for the automated test case in Microsoft Test Manager.

VS 2010 Load Test - The ConnectionString property has not been initialized

Have you seen the below error while running a load test in VS 2010
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Microsoft Visual Studio
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Could not read result repository: The ConnectionString property has not been initialized..

Will display the runtime result instead of the repository result.
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OK
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 The reason is that you have selected "None" in the "Storage Type" property of the Run Settings. Instead select "Database" and you should not see this error.

TFS 2010 - The process cannot access the file 'data.coverage' because it is being used by another process

Have you came across a situation where your build is running indefinitely and when you see stop the build, the following error is thrown:

The process cannot access the file 'data.coverage' because it is being used by another process.

This happens only when code coverage is enabled in the testsettings being used in the build. Also, you will see this issue if one of your unit tests is having an issue. To know about the root cause of the issue with the unit test, you can do the following:

• Go to the build agent box
• Browse to the directory where the build agent "Sources", "Binaries" and "Test Results" folder are present
• Open the trx file in the "Test Results" folder
• Click on "Test run error"

You will see the exact cause of the issue here.

Also, if you dont want to Stop the build forcefully and allow it to finish the execution, please follow these steps:

• Go to the build agent box
• Go to Task Manager and kill the process "VSPerfMon.exe"

This will allow the build to complete gracefully but you will not see any unit test and code coverage results.

TFS 2010 – Branching Vs. Labeling

Here is my TechNet article http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4289.aspx

ACS50016 Error- Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service

If you think you have configured the service identity correctly in ACS and have the right client certificates but still get below error, the cause is that your certificate format is not correct.
ACS50016: X509Certificate with subject 'CN=...' and thumbprint '...' does not match any certificates configured for Service identities

You should upload a .cer file with DER format for the service identity. If you uploaded a Base-64 format, it wont wont.

Microsoft Test Manager – How to Pause a Test and Resume Testing

Here is my TechNet article http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3925.aspx

Microsoft Test Manager - Update Test Settings

Here is a great source for updating the test settings in MTM http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aseemb/archive/2010/08/06/update-testsettings-utility.aspx

You can override public properties like Deployment Timeout using this.

You can also override the private properties like Script Timeout using Reflection. Please refer this thread for more info http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsmantest/thread/5a6f3af4-9e28-42d9-8830-f800969d8b28/