Action Go to Lab Center > Lab Dialogue Now let's look at a different scenario. Say you want to create an environment to run ...

Action
Go to Lab Center > Lab

Dialogue
Now let's look at a different scenario. Say you want to create an environment to run your tests. Open Microsoft Test Manager and select Lab Center and Lab. You can now see a list of the lab environments in your team project. 



Action
Click on New

Dialogue
Choose New



Action
Select Standard environment and type a name

Dialogue
In the New Environment wizard, select Standard environment and give a unique name to your environment



Action
In Machines, add existing machines to your environment. Click on Add Machine and type name, role, username and password

Dialogue
In the Machines page, choose existing computers to add to your environment by specifying a name and role of the machine and user credentials to access it



Action
In ‘Advanced' specify the test controller and ‘yes' if you want to run Coded UI tests.

Dialogue
Go to ‘Advanced' and select the test controller. Also you will see an option to include Coded UI Tests



Action
Click on verify to verify your settings.

Dialogue
Choose Verify to make sure that the properties you have set are valid. If verification fails, you must fix the problem before you can finish. If verification succeeds, choose Finish. 



Action
If the verification succeeds, click on Finish

Dialogue
If verification succeeds, choose Finish. The new environment wizard closes, and your environment appears in the Environments list under Type:Standard. Creating the environment can take some time. You can see the progress of the process in the Environments list. To see the progress of individual computers, select the environment. You can log on to any of the computers if you want. Select the environment, and then choose Connect on the shortcut menu of the computer's icon.



Action
Go to Lab Center > Lab

Dialogue
Now let's say want to create an SCVMM environment to run your tests. Open Microsoft Test Manager and select Lab Center and Lab. You can now see a list of the lab environments in your team project.



Action
Click on New

Dialogue
Choose New



Action
Select SCVMM environment and type a name

Dialogue
In the New Environment wizard, select SCVMM environment and give a unique name to your environment



Action
In Machines, choose virtual machines or virtual machine templates, click on add to environment and specify a name and role for the machine. Do it for as many machines you want to add

Dialogue
In the Machines page, choose virtual machines or virtual machine templates to add to your environment and specify a name and role for the machine



Action
In Machines properties page, specify hardware and OS profile details for all your machines in the environment

Dialogue
In the Machines properties page specify the hardware profile and OS profile details for all your machines. Hardware profile includes the amount of memory to assign to the virtual machine. OS profile includes the operating system type, computer name, administrator password, product key, domain, and workgroup for virtual machines deployed from the template. 



Action
In ‘Advanced' specify the test controller and ‘yes' if you want to run Coded UI tests.

Dialogue
Go to ‘Advanced' and select the test controller. Also you will see an option to include Coded UI Tests



Action
Click on verify to verify your settings.

Dialogue
Choose Verify to make sure that the properties you have set are valid. If verification fails, you must fix the problem before you can finish. If verification succeeds, choose Finish. 



Action
If the verification succeeds, click on Finish

Dialogue
If verification succeeds, choose Finish. The new environment wizard closes, and your environment appears in the Environments list under Type:Standard. Creating the environment can take some time. You can see the progress of the process in the Environments list. To see the progress of individual computers, select the environment. You can log on to any of the computers if you want. Select the environment, and then choose Connect on the shortcut menu of the computer's icon.