Automating Software Testing with Microsoft Hyper-V

A lot of the talk about the benefits of virtualization has centered lately on consolidation, power and cooling, and the technology's ability to help with "green" initiatives. The benefits for software developers have taken a bit of a back seat, unless you're a software developer I guess.

Jani Jarvinen has an article on Developer.com that examines the use of Hyper-V for software testing.

Say that you have a.NET application you would like to test as automatically as possible. Armed with a Hyper-V environment and System Center Virtual Machine Manager installation in place, you can write a PowerShell script that fully automates your testing.

The article talks from the perspective of .NET and Visual Studio development, you actually could use Hyper-V–based testing automation for applications developed with any Windows development tool, be it Embarcadero/CodeGear, Java, PHP, or anything else.