Preparing for Application Testing

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Before application testing can begin, you must prepare your test environment. It is assumed that your organization has a test lab and has established standards and best practices for testing. If this is not the case, see "Designing a Test Environment" in this book for information about designing and setting up your test lab.

To prepare your test environment, you need to set up your test lab for application compatibility testing, install tools for testing applications and for debugging them, gather all of the information and components needed to install and test each application, and develop test cases. Figure 3.6 shows when these tasks occur within the application compatibility testing process.

Figure 3.6   Preparing for Application Testing