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Generally, virtual machines are fine for testing, as they will give the same results as real machines for 99% of functional tests.
However, there are some things that should be tested on a real physical machine before you can declare the test passed:
Drivers, and anything else in kernel space. VMs are completely real to the operating system, but sometimes ...
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Virtualizing test environments is a great way to save on hardware and provide a centralized testing environment, but it's prone to the same types as issues as having a cluster of physical boxes if you don't have a strategy behind it.
In my company we use a few clusters of virtual systems that all derive from a common template, so the default states are as ...
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We at CensoredCompanyName almost only use virtual environments. We are using massive clusters of VM Ware for each employee. That are over 1000 people.
We have very few dedicated environments and we did not encounter any problems with that. Maybe your configuration or VMWare software is flawed or the problem might be somewhere else?
So to assure you... We ...
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We are using Hyper-V to run our continuous integration server. We are using MSTest.exe from Visual Studio 2010 with NCover and CruiseControl.NET. The great thing about CruiseControl is that you can access it from a web browser. Here are some links that I have found to be useful in setting it up:
http://www.cruisecontrolnet.org/
and,
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Microsoft licensing is one of the most complicated things on this planet, especially when you start talking about enterprise agreements. Your best solution is to go straight to the source
You can call 1-800-426-9400, Monday through Friday, 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (Pacific Time) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing specialist, and you can get more ...
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The truth of it is every install of an operating system is different. Your goal when testing is to make sure your environment is as controlled as possible. This is both easier and harder with virtual machines.
The advantages are that you can create a brand new machine from an image in a matter of seconds. This lets you have the application get a fresh ...
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