Installing and Configure Visual Studio Agent 2010

If you’re planning to Automation with Visual Studio 2010 Visual studio agent has to be installed in the remote computer.

Check wither you have done following before you Install the Agent

01 Installing team Foundation Server 2010 (http://thusharapriyantha.blogspot.com/2012/05/installing-team-foundation-server-2010.html)

02. Configuring Build Configuration (http://thusharapriyantha.blogspot.com/2012/05/configuring-build-configuring-in-team.html#.T7RmgsWbywE)

03. Installing and configuring Visual Studio Test Controller (http://thusharapriyantha.blogspot.com/2012/05/installing-and-configuring-visual.html)

 

Steps

•     For this you need the Visual Studio Agent ISO image (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=1334)

•      Mount the Iso image ( its easy with Virtual Clone Drive http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html)

•       In the Visual Studio Agent Menu Click the Install Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2010.

•     Click next in the Welcome Screen.

 

•  Accept the License argument.
• In the features window select both Options. 

 

•   After the installation Click Configure To configure the agent. 

•   In the Configure Test Agent window Interactive Process and next.

• In the Next Windows give Account that has administrator rights in the machine. And enable Register with Test controller and give the name or IP address of the Test Controller Machine 

• ·         Pagers may help you
  o   Installing and Configuring Visual Studio Agents and Test and Build Controllers (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd648127.aspx)