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mbeckham
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Test automation on Virtual Machines

Hi, I'm looking for any alternative methods to perform our nightly automation testing. Our current train looks like this: 1. Tests developed on my local PC are pushed to an Azure Repository. 2. I...
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    mbeckham
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    Thanks for your reply Marsha,

    We've tried several options, and can successfully run our Devops pipeline on the remote VM providing a RDP session initiated from a machine that has its Power and Screen saver options turned off.

     

    We will try the method using  tscon documented in  Disconnecting From Remote Desktop While Running Automated Tests.  If we have success running the tscon command manually, we'll then try inserting it into the pipeline.

     

    Thanks

    Mark

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      AlexKaras
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      Hi,

       

      > If we have success running the tscon command manually

      Just a note that tscon must be executed with elevated admin credentials.

       

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        Hi Everyone,

        Alex, you've stolen my thunder 🙂   I was just about to report our success with tscon.  We ran the command manually on the RDP machine which 'shut' it down while the Agent was 'listening' for work.  Our next step will be to create the batch file to run the tscon command and include it in the nightly pipeline.

        So, to run this command (as Alex says, run as an administrator )  within the RDP window, from the Command Line. 

        >query user          (this will return the sessionname eg rdp-tcp#xx)

        >tscon.exe  rdp-tcp#xx  /dest:console

        respond "yes" to to close your session

        ...all done

         

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    We had exactly the same issue last night when an IT upgrade disconnected the RDP machine.  All the tests failed due to no UI.

     

    The reference doesn't advise on how to keep tests running when the RDP session disconnects.

     

    We're trying to integrate TestExecute with our Devops pipeline as well so are keen to see the solution.