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Hello all - well I figured I might as well provide an update, a well deserved update as so many of you have extended your helping hand to me regarding this issue. I am going to be unable to test the features and capabilities of TestComplete as they apply to Distributed / Parallel Testing processes. This is due to a setting that needs to be disabled as per the Dist Testing Requirements found here.
It is item 5 Disable Secure Login. This Windows setting is under a security policy that is company-wide here. This is not something that is easy to make an exception for since it is a part of the image(s) on all machines within the network the application under test will be residing.
I have found that the myriad of requirements / settings/ modifications that need to be satisfied in order for a Master Project computer for example, to communicate w a Slave Project computer(s) to be quite lengthy and technical to say the least. There are upwards of a dozen such requirements. When you compare this approach to other tools' requirements/ preparations needed to facilitate distributed testing, you become rather frustrated and very disappointed. One example, MicroFocus' ALM; the requirements are only a handful - install a 'lab agent' on all remote hosts, start the service then add machine name, a user and passwrd to the host pool page (same as the Network Suite > Hosts tab in TC) and then you're in business. No reaching out to the Security Team, Desktop Engineering in an escalation from Desktop Support and having to explain to Director level resources why you need such a change, etc...
PLAN B: Im now going to look into letting the integration to TFS (via MSVS) be the controlling entity of the remote hosts, to test parallel testing capabilities of TC. Off the top of my head Im thinking of having a TC Project per Business Area of our AUT. Then creating a Build Definition for each TC Project and it will have one remote host per project. Im rather new to the world of TFS so my terminology may be off. So apologies if anyone is confused. This actually brings me to my next request, if there a thread on this topic I just explained that ya'll know of, please share the link if you dont mind.
Again, thanks for all the help.
Cheers,
Chris