Visual Studio Test Professional Reviews

We used this product for developing an automation tool for workflow operations, and for customizing activities in the automation process. This included sending emails, searching or extracting data from work applications, and using OCR technology. I'm a full-stack technical leader and we were customers of Visual Studio.  

Customization is the most powerful feature of this product because you can mold and design to your requirements. It's possible, for example, to build an OCR test from PDF or work files or build your own component based on OCR provisions and obtain the data required to process. If you extract a bill you can get the identification of the vendor or IT of the product, its quantity, value, unit, and additional information. Test Professional has the advantage of being able to integrate with any kind of third-party service which is very useful for the programming phase. It also has the ability to integrate without programming or the need for developing any APIs or services to integrate with robots. A regular user can do it.

We found the documentation to be limited and we had problems with the vendor who delivered it which added to the complexity. I'd like to see improvement in the dashboard which currently lacks visibility regarding the working process of the solutions.

I used this solution for three years, up until a couple of months ago when I moved to a different company. 

The solution is generally stable although it depends on the third-party systems, which in the case of the AS-100 system or APIs, there may be some risk to stability. 

The solution is scalable, whether it's adding an additional server, working with two users and two robots, or switching to another user account if you're not using the total server capacity. 

Microsoft provides great support. 

Positive

We had previously used other solutions such as UI pod, Blue Prism and Bucket Bot. Visual Studio proved to be the most cost-effective for our needs. 

The initial setup was relatively easy. Deployment time really depends on the complexity of the project but we were able to implement in-house. If you have Windows knowledge and net experience, you can deploy without too many problems. Without that, implementation would be more complicated. We had five people involved in the deployment and 10 users involved in development and analysis. 

We had a good return on our investment in terms of the efficiency the solution provided. 

The licensing costs are reasonable in comparison to other solutions. One license costs close to $1,300. With five people programming on one license, the cost is around $6,000 per year. With other vendors, that expense could reach $50,000. The server and obviously IT infrastructure is an additional expense.

I think this is an accurate and customizable product with the advantage of being able to integrate easily. It's very useful when it comes to programming.

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

Test Professional is a versatile solution that can be utilized for a wide range of projects such as integration, analysis, reporting, development, and BIS or data-related projects that are based on Microsoft technologies. While it is a useful tool for many purposes, we primarily use it for security testing as it excels in this area.

User-friendly ID and direct integration with GitHub are the most valuable. We can integrate it with other platforms and even use Python. So, it's not limited to just one platform and has good coding capabilities.

One significant issue is when there are multiple annual updates, and we are developing a project, it should be compatible. We may need to either upgrade or downgrade the project, depending on the package. That can be a difficult and bothersome task. We need to maintain the same version of the environment. So compatibility should be improved.

For additional features, it can also support the Python language. We can develop using Python features in Visual Studio. It would be great to support other languages and applications, and that is one of the things we can improve. Visual Studio is very open, and we can develop in no time.

I have used it for five to six years, primarily for community, enterprise, and solution projects. I am using the latest version.

It is stable enough, I would rate it nine out of ten.

It has good scalability. We have six to seven users currently working with it.

The setup is straightforward. The deployment process can be executed quickly. Once it's in our system, we can use it for any development project based on the project we need. The deployment can be done in-house without any technical team necessary.

Deployment usually takes about ten minutes, and I can do it myself in-house.

It's costly, but not too much, and it's just within our budget. One good thing is we can make use of community relations.

There aren't any additional costs, like extra system integration or something. However, there may be some differences in the pricing since the PS will be different. As a standard version, it will have most of the capabilities.

The environment is straightforward and user-friendly, so there's not much of a learning curve. I used it for my project, and it worked well, and I definitely recommend it for future use.

Overall, I would rate it a nine out of ten.

Visual Studio is for custom software development.

Visual Studio is highly powerful. It's probably the best software development tool on the market.

Some of the features appreciated by our teams that work with VS are:

IntelliSense, rename functions (classes, methods, variables), move definition to file, error navigation, search in files (match case, regex), NuGet package manager, GIT experience (especially at solving merge conflicts and view history on a specific file, compare with the previous file to see changes in time), watch list and the fact it can be pinned for the variable you are monitoring, conditional breakpoints, moving execution line up when debugging, shortcuts to arrange elements in the page and remove unused namespaces, possibility to chose the Thread you want to monitor when you have multiple threads, code snippets, easy navigation to the definition and to other classes/methods/properties that refer them, and configuration of code cleanup on multiple profiles and with a lot of options.

We have been selling Visual Studio for more than 10 years.

Sometimes Visual Studio is slow. It uses a lot of resources like memory and processing power. You should optimize the performance by only installing what you need on your machine. Don't install unnecessary things that will slow your machine.

It depends on what you mean by scalability. Only one person uses Visual Studio at a time, but it's scalable in terms of project size. We have
70 users. We will grow usage as we grow the department and the company. We're expecting between 5 and 10 percent growth in usage next year.

Microsoft support could be faster. It took a while to get to a knowledgeable person in some cases, but we got the answer that we were looking for in the end.

Setting up Visual Studio is straightforward. Each developer configures their own environment.

We have both options. Some licenses are paid yearly. Others are monthly subscriptions.

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional nine out of 10.

We do a lot of test-driven development and acceptance test-driven development, so we write all our test cases for our .net development through Visual Studio Test Professional. 

Visual Studio Test Professional has allowed us to increase the quality of one of our web portal products drastically. We went two years with only one regression in our software because of the automated testing we built with Visual Studio Test. 

Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development.

I've been using Visual Studio Test Professional for as long as I can remember.

I'd rate Visual Studio Test Professional's stability eight out of ten.

I would rate Visual Studio Test Professional's scalability nine out of ten.

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

We've seen an ROI because the IDE is much richer than others we've used.

Visual Studio Test Professional is a little pricey - I would rate its pricing six out of ten.

I would recommend anybody thinking of implementing Visual Studio Test Professional to go for it. I'd give Visual Studio Test Professional a rating of eight out of ten.

When using Visual Studio, we have two type types of reports that we use including TFS and Git. I use TFS to open the solutions, make any changes and to complete tests for quality program production.

The most valuable feature has been to store all our packages in one place including SSIS packages, SQL tables, TFS and SSR.

The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us.

We have been using this solution for almost a year.

This solution is not that stable. The server that we use is very slow so that is concerning for us.

This solution is scalable. 

We have our own tech support in the office so we do not use their customer support.

The initial setup is straightforward. We have partial scripts and we used them to run the setup using Octopus.

I would advise others to save changes in their repository or it might get lost.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

Our primary use case of this solution is for UA automation. I'm a process manager and we are customers of Visual Studio. 

The product is very easy to use and we were able to scale up the automation solution quickly which was beneficial.

It's an expensive solution which is an issue for us. 

I've been using this solution for five years. 

The solution is stable and we get upgrades every couple of years. Most of our developers use Visual Studio; we have around 150 users in total.

The initial setup is straightforward, it took us around four to five hours and we were able to do it by ourselves with our own three-person IT team.

We pay an annual licensing fee. 

We took a look at Tricentis Tosca and SmartBear TestComplete a few months ago but nothing has been finalized. We're looking for an alternative to Visual Studio Test Professional. 

If cost is not an issue then I would recommend this solution. 

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

The solution is a development environment that is used by developers to write applications.

The most valuable features of this solution are the speed of the application, it is a well-documented, complete product, and reasonably priced.

The solution can improve the startup time.

I have been using the solution for over 20 years.

The solution is very stable.

The solution does not need to be scaled because it is for individual use. We currently have 20 people using the solution.

The initial setup is straightforward and was completed in one hour. The deployment and maintenance require little support.

The deployment is completed in-house by our developers.

There is a paid version of the solution as well as a community version that is free.

I give the solution a ten out of ten.

The solution is only for developers and is not for the end user.

I have always used Visual Studio Test Professional and it is a perfect solution.

It's great for the development of .NET.

The solution should be cheaper. But unfortunately, Microsoft products are usually expensive.

We've been using this solution for several years and have used Visual Studio 10, 12 and 13. We use it both as a cloud solution and on-premises.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution. It is secure because most of our applications are in .NET.

The deployment was not complicated, and our developers completed the deployment. Only those two developers use the solution, and we don't plan to increase usage at this time.

Visual Studio Test Professional has an annual license.

I rate this solution a ten out of ten. I recommend Visual Studio Test Professional, primarily if you work with .NET. If we are developing something in .NET or C++, we use Visual Studio. But if we are developing something in Java, we have to use Java.