Installing in Visual Studio IDE

To integrate HCL DevOps Test UI (Test UI) with the Microsoft Visual Studio and start using Test UI in the Visual Studio environment, you must first install Test UI by using the stand-alone installer.

Before you begin

  • You must be an administrator.
    Note: If you are a non-admin user, you must have the credentials of an administrator to start the installation by using the Run as Administrator option.
  • You must have installed the appropriate version of Visual Studio with which you want to integrate Test UI.

  • Verified the software and hardware requirements. See System Requirements for DevOps Test UI 2025.09 (11.0.6).

    Note: Integration of Test UI with Microsoft Visual Studio might not be successful if the mandatory prerequisite software and hardware are not installed, or if Microsoft Visual Studio is not installed properly. For more information, refer to Unable to install Test UI Extension for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 & 2019

About this task

You must install the 64-bit installer on the Windows system 64-bit operating system. You cannot update, modify, or roll back the product by using the stand-alone installer.

Procedure

  1. Download the product installer from the My HCLSoftware (MHS).

    You must download the appropriate product variant, version, and architecture based on your requirements.

  2. Right-click the .exe file and select Run as Administrator.

    The GUI window is launched.

  3. On the Introduction window, read through the details, and click Next.
  4. Read the license agreement carefully, select the I accept check box and then click Next.
  5. Browse the location or directory where you want to install the product and click Next.
    Note: You must select a different directory if the default directory is not empty. The default location for the 64-bit installer is C:\Program Files\HCL.
  6. Select the version of the Visual Studio with which you want to integrate the product, and then click Next.
  7. Read through the installation details and click Install.
  8. Click Done after the installation is complete.

Results

You have installed the product on your computer.

What to do next

You must perform the following tasks:
  • Enter the license key when you open the product. See License management.

  • Open the Visual Studio application and click File > New > Functional Test Project to start using the Visual Studio Integration feature. The connector window opens within Visual Studio using which you can access the Test UI environment.

Note: If you installed Test UI for the first time on the system or performed a clean installation, then you must click Extensions > Configure > Enable Environment for Testing > Java Environments > Test > Finish to update the configuration.rftcfg file with the latest Java version details.