Microsoft Test Manager Action Recording

and Playback
Create Action Recording

Open Microsoft Test Manager

Connect to the Team Project
Create a Test Plan or connect to an existing Test Plan
Create a new test case and enter all the steps
Go to Test tab, right click on the test case and select Run

The Test Runner will launch

Check Create action recording and click Start Test

The expected result of the first step will be shown in a blue bar.
Perform the first step and mark the status as Pass/Fail

The expected result for the next

step will then be shown in a blue bar. Perform the first step and mark
the status as Pass/Fail
Make sure that you mark the status of each step as Pass/Fail before
clicking on the next step. The best thing to do is never click on any
step. Just mark the status of each step and the blue bar will keep
moving to the next step.
Once you are done will all steps, click on End test
You will see the message Action recording available hh:mm:ss at the
bottom

Click Save and Close

Overwrite Existing Recording

Run the test again from the Test tab

The Test Runner will launch
Check Overwrite existing action recording and click Start Test

The expected result of the first step will be shown in a blue bar.
Perform the first step and mark the status as Pass/Fail

The expected result for the next step will then be shown in a blue bar.
Perform the first step and mark the status as Pass/Fail
Make sure that you mark the status of each step as Pass/Fail before
clicking on the next step. The best thing to do is never click on any
step. Just mark the status of each step and the blue bar will keep
moving to the next step.
Once you are done will all steps, click on End test
You will be prompted to overwrite the existing recording, select
"Overwrite existing recording"

You will see the message Action recording available hh:mm:ss at the
bottom

Click Save and Close

Play back Action Recording

Run the test again from the Test tab

The Test Runner will launch
Dont Check Overwrite existing action recording and click Start Test

Click on the Play and select Play to playback individual steps or

"Play all" to play all the steps