automated testing in virtual labs

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Virtual machines or Virtual PC’s are software like VMware that emulates real computers. By using virtual machines in your QA testing, you can emulate different computers with different OS’s on a single physical computer or create a whole virtual lab, with several differently configured virtual machines. These virtual com-puters work independently from each other and you can launch two or more virtual platforms simultaneously on one computer, saving the cost of having to purchase more hardware just to run your QA tests.

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Testing Web Applications in a Virtual Lab with TestComplete ........ 19

Virtual Machine Limitations .......................................................................... 20

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