I am happy to announce the availability of ALM VM 2015 Update 2!
The VM and the accompanying hands-on-labs are now updated to Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2. Please see below for the instructions on how to download the virtual machine and the hands-on-labs/demo scripts.
If you are downloading the VM, please see the note at the end of this post.
For those who prefer not to download the virtual machine, the hands-on-labs will be soon made available on TechNet Virtual Labs where you can access the VM from your preferred browser experience!! We will post the details on this blog as soon as they are ready. Stay tuned!
Updated Hands-on-Labs for Visual Studio ALMVM 2015:
- Working with the Visual Studio 2015 ALM Virtual Machine
- Agile Planning and Portfolio Management with Team Foundation Server 2015
- Authoring and Running Manual Tests using Microsoft Test Manager 2015
- Branching and Merging Visualization with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015
- Building the Right Software – Generating Storyboards and Collecting Stakeholder Feedback with Visual Studio 2015
- Code Discovery using the Architecture Tools in Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
- Collaboration Experiences for Development Teams using Team Foundation Server 2015
- Debugging with IntelliTrace using Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
- Diagnosing Issues in Production with IntelliTrace and Visual Studio 2015
- Embracing Continuous Delivery with Release Management for Visual Studio 2015
- Exploratory Testing using Microsoft Test Manager 2015
- Getting Started with Git using Team Foundation Server 2015
- Introduction to Coded UI Tests with Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
- Introduction to IntelliTest with Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
- Introduction to Platform Testing with Microsoft Test Manager 2015
- Introduction to PreEmptive Analytics
- Introduction to SmartOffice4TFS
- Introduction to Team Foundation Build 2015
- Introduction to Test Case Management with Microsoft Test Manager 2015
- Introduction to Test Planning with Microsoft Test Manager 2015
- Introduction to Web Performance and Load Testing with Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
- Making Developers More Productive with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015
- Managing Technical Debt with Team Foundation Server 2015 and SonarQube
- Testing and Debugging SharePoint Applications with Visual Studio 2015
- Unit Testing, Code Coverage and Code Clone Analysis with Visual Studio 2015
- Using Code Analysis with Visual Studio 2015 to Improve Code Quality
This virtual machine is configured with:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Evaluation
- Microsoft Visual Studio Enterprise 2015 Update 2
- Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015 Update 2
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook)
- Microsoft Visio Professional 2013
- Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Standard
- Sample users and data required to support hands-on-lab scripts accompanying the download
Using the virtual machine
There are quite a number of important instructions on how to use the VM including activating the VM, taking snapshots/check points, etc… documented in the “Working with the Visual Studio2015 ALM Virtual Machine.docx“. Please read through the document prior to using the VM, even if you may have used the earlier version of the VM. Please also see the note below at the end of the post
The VM has about 15 GB of free hard disk space. Should you want to increase the size of the disk you will need to do so before creating snapshots/check points. You can refer this article on TechNet for instructions on expanding the virtual hard disk.
Download the virtual machine
The size of the download is about 30 GB. It is recommended that you use Free download manager
This utility provides:
- Auto-resume support for interrupted downloads.
- Multiple simultaneous download streams for (usually) a much faster download experience.
- As the name implies, it’s completely free.
Steps to download and extract the VM
- Download and install Free download manager if you currently do not have one installed – We strongly recommend to download FDM V3 as the latest version does not support batch downloads at this point of time.
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- Download the ALMVM 2015 Update 2 URL.txt to your machine
- Select File-Import-Import list of downloads
- Specify a group or accept the default group to begin downloading
- When the download is complete, double-click the .exe file to self-extract the RAR files to a folder
- Read the “Working with the …” document to start using the VM
