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IT head at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
Real User
Oct 12, 2023
A highly stable and scalable solution that gives a good return on investment
Pros and Cons
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional is a very scalable solution."
  • "The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier."

What is most valuable?

Visual Studio Test Professional is a very scalable solution. We use the solution for integrating into other programming languages.

What needs improvement?

The solution's deployment is not very easy and should be made easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Visual Studio Test Professional for ten years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional ten out of ten for stability.

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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Only three users are using Visual Studio Test Professional in our organization.

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional ten out of ten for scalability.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution through an in-house team, and it took us around three hours to deploy it. You have to check the hardware requirements before you install the product.

What was our ROI?

We have seen a return on investment with Visual Studio Test Professional.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Visual Studio Test Professional is a very expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

We are using the latest version of Visual Studio Test Professional. Users should try to use Visual Studio Test Professional because of its features.

Overall, I rate Visual Studio Test Professional a nine out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Android Developer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Oct 1, 2023
A scalable and stable solution that is easy to deploy and is the best for .NET development
Pros and Cons
  • "The whole suite is made for .NET development."
  • "The product must provide more automation."

What is our primary use case?

We use the solution for .NET development.

What is most valuable?

The whole suite is made for .NET development. We cannot use anything else for this purpose. I'm super happy with the product.

What needs improvement?

The product must provide more automation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The tool is scalable. Three people use the product in our company. We have plans to increase the number of users to five or six.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use different solutions for other development environments. We use what’s best for each language we support or use. We use Visual Studio Test Professional because it supports .NET the best.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was straightforward. It took us 15 to 20 minutes to deploy the solution.

What about the implementation team?

We’re software engineers. The deployment can be done in-house.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend the product to others. Overall, I rate the tool an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Junior Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Jul 18, 2023
Is easy to use, stable and scalable, but needs a more appealing interface
Pros and Cons
  • "The interface is easy to use."
  • "The interface should be made attractive."

What is most valuable?

The interface is easy to use.

What needs improvement?

The designs are not really very appealing. When you make the design, it's quite basic which includes the icons. The tool needs to include brighter colors and be more user-friendly. The interface should be made attractive.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. There are five to ten users presently.

How are customer service and support?

I think the technical staff are well-versed because they usually have to make designs for the customers.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. For me to start the design from scratch, it actually took less than 15-30 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Software tech lead
Real User
Mar 27, 2023
It's a stable, easy-to-use solution for software engineers
Pros and Cons
  • "Visual Studio is the easiest to use."
  • "The price is reasonable, but it's not the best."

What is our primary use case?

Visual Studio is an IDE that we use for development.

What is most valuable?

Visual Studio is the easiest to use. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used Visual Studio for as long as I can remember. It has been about 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate Visual Studio nine out of 10 for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate Visual Studio nine out of 10 for scalability.

How was the initial setup?

Setting up Visual Studio is straightforward, and it takes a couple of hours at most. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

They have different pricing levels. There is a free community edition, professional, etc. It depends on the use. The price is reasonable, but it's not the best.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional nine out of 10. I highly recommend Visual Studio for any software engineer.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Executive Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Jan 20, 2023
Highly stable solution with a rich IDE
Pros and Cons
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional's most valuable feature is the rich IDE for doing code and test development."
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional is a little pricey."

What is our primary use case?

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. 

How has it helped my organization?

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. 

What is most valuable?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

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

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

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

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was pretty straightforward.

What was our ROI?

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

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

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

What other advice do I have?

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.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Senior Backend Developer at a university with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 5, 2022
Easy documentation, scalable and helps to create safe solutions
Pros and Cons
  • "The documentation is easy, and it helps us solve our problems."
  • "It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it."

What is our primary use case?

It helps us to create happy and safe solutions.

What is most valuable?

It is a free solution, the documentation is easy, and it helps us solve our problems.

What needs improvement?

It is hard to learn, and you need to invest time to understand it. The interface could also be more simple.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for four years. It is deployed on-premises and on Azure cloud.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is very scalable. The backend developer and full-start developer use this solution, and it doesn't require maintenance.

How was the initial setup?

Few people are needed for deployment, and it is easy because it is Microsoft technology. It takes about one hour to deploy.

What other advice do I have?

I rate this solution a nine out of ten. I would recommend this solution to others, but it requires a lot of learning to use it.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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Senior Software Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Sep 18, 2022
Integrated testing solution that stores a broad range of packages and offers scalability
Pros and Cons
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

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.

What is most valuable?

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

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for almost a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

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

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

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

How was the initial setup?

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

What other advice do I have?

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. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Senior Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
May 10, 2022
High availability, useful template publishing, but intergration could be better
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration."
  • "Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases."

What is our primary use case?

I am using Visual Studio Test Professional for developing architectural designs and diagnostics in the cloud.

What is most valuable?

What I like most about Visual Studio Test Professional is the way people publish templates and publish integration.

What needs improvement?

Visual Studio Test Professional could improve by having better integration with external databases.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Visual Studio Test Professional for approximately four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Visual Studio Test Professional is stable. It has high availability.

How are customer service and support?

I have not contacted support.

How was the initial setup?

The installation was straightforward for Visual Studio Test Professional.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We pay for the solution annually and the price could be reduced.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Visual Studio Test Professional a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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