Test Studio System Requirements

 

XP/Server 2003

Vista

Win7/Server 2008

 

Minimum

Recommended

Minimum

Recommended

Minimum

Recommended

Disk Space

500 MB

1GB+

500 MB

1.5 GB+

500 MB

2 GB+

Processor

1 GHz CPU

1.4GHz+ CPU

1.5 GHz CPU

2.0 GHz+ CPU

1.8 GHz CPU

2.2 GHz+ CPU

Memory

512 MB

1 GB+

768 MB

1.5 GB+

1 GB

2 GB+

Display

1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

1024 x 768 or higher-resolution display

Browser

IE7

IE8+

IE7

IE8+

IE7

IE8+

Additional Requirements:

  • Test Studio: .NET 3.5 SP1 (.NET 4.0 as of version 2012.1.411)
  • Run-Time Edition: .NET 3.5 SP1
  • Optional browsers for test execution:
    • Firefox 2.0 or above (Firefox 4.0 or above as of version 2012.1.411) 
    • Safari 5.0 or above
    • Chrome 7.0 or above
  • Silverlight 3 or above

Test Studio VS plugin has the following additional prerequisite:

  • IDE: Visual Studio 2008 Professional or above with SP1, or Visual Studio 2010 Professional, or Visual Studio Team Edition
    • Ultimate, Premium, and Professional editions allow extensions/plugins and are compatible
    • You must run Visual Studio as Administrator

Source Control

  • Standalone version on a machine without Visual Studio:
  • VS plugin:
    • Visual Studio has built-in TFS integration.

Build Server / Continuous Integration

  • If executing via MSTest:
    • Visual Studio (see above requirements)
    • VS plugin

Test Scheduling

  • SQL Server or SQL Express (2005 or 2008) installed on the Scheduling Server

Load Testing

  • Windows XP SP3 or above to run Load Tests (as Host, Controller, Reporter, or Agent)
    • Windows XP 64-bit and Server 2003 are not supported (can run Load Tests against site hosted on Server 2003, but not on it)
  • SQL Server or SQL Express (2008 or 2010) installed on Reporter.

Beta Software

  • Operating Systems and web browsers in the beta stage are not supported