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Downloads:

95,244

Downloads of v 15.9.72:

366

Last Update:

12 Apr 2025

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Tags:

microsoft visual studio visualstudio vs 2017 test agent admin

Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent

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15.9.72 | Updated: 12 Apr 2025

Downloads:

95,244

Downloads of v 15.9.72:

366

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • Microsoft

Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.72

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft. The inclusion of Microsoft trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify Microsoft goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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This Package Contains an Exempted Check

Not All Tests Have Passed


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Exemption:

Requires a reboot after KB2919355

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
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Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade visualstudio2017testagent -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade visualstudio2017testagent -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install visualstudio2017testagent
  win_chocolatey:
    name: visualstudio2017testagent
    version: '15.9.72'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'visualstudio2017testagent' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '15.9.72'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller visualstudio2017testagent
{
    Name     = "visualstudio2017testagent"
    Version  = "15.9.72"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'visualstudio2017testagent':
  ensure   => '15.9.72',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 12 Apr 2025.

Description

Overview

Agents for Visual Studio 2017 can be used for load, functional, and automated testing. For more details, please refer to the documentation.

To find out what's new or to see the known issues, see the Visual Studio 2017 Release Notes.
System requirements

Customizations

All package parameters are passed to the Visual Studio installer, enabling full customization of the installation. The possible parameters are described here. The package passes --norestart --wait by default, and --quiet, unless --passive is specified in the package parameters.

The language of the installed software can be controlled using the package parameter --locale language.
The list of languages is presented here. By default, the operating system display language is used.

Example

This command will install Visual Studio Test Agent, display progress during the installation and specify the English language regardless of operating system settings:

choco install visualstudio2017testagent --package-parameters "--passive --locale en-US"

More package parameter examples

Notes

A reboot may be required after (or even before) installing/uninstalling this package.
If control over reboots is required, it is advisable to install the dependencies (esp. dotnet4.6.2 or later) first, perform a reboot if necessary, and then install this package.


tools\.skipAutoUninstall
 
tools\ChocolateyInstall.ps1
Install-VisualStudio `
    -PackageName 'visualstudio2017testagent' `
    -ApplicationName 'Microsoft Visual Studio Test Agent 2017' `
    -Url 'https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/ea9d33ea-b2ed-49ec-9abb-64c341d539ca/2ad1fef5f6109c065e66c4fd453571c34af543469a67345d3b9311fc9a14a351/vs_TestAgent.exe' `
    -Checksum '2AD1FEF5F6109C065E66C4FD453571C34AF543469A67345D3B9311FC9A14A351' `
    -ChecksumType 'SHA256' `
    -InstallerTechnology 'WillowVS2017OrLater' `
    -Product 'TestAgent' `
    -VisualStudioYear '2017' `
    -Preview $false
tools\ChocolateyUninstall.ps1
Remove-VisualStudioProduct `
    -PackageName 'visualstudio2017testagent' `
    -Product 'TestAgent' `
    -VisualStudioYear '2017' `
    -Preview $false

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.71 579 Saturday, March 15, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.70 400 Thursday, February 20, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.69 342 Thursday, January 30, 2025 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.68 1140 Wednesday, November 13, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.67 557 Monday, October 14, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.66 522 Sunday, September 15, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.65 403 Thursday, August 22, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.64 790 Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.62.0 1010 Saturday, May 18, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.61.0 527 Thursday, April 18, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.60.0 1233 Thursday, February 15, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.59.0 743 Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.58.0 1620 Sunday, October 15, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.57.0 459 Saturday, September 23, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.56.0 368 Tuesday, September 5, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.55.0 1565 Sunday, June 18, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.54.0 864 Friday, April 21, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.53.0 497 Friday, March 17, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.52.0 399 Thursday, February 23, 2023 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.51.0 2622 Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.50.0 5728 Saturday, August 27, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.49.0 3081 Monday, June 20, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.48.0 843 Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.47.0 370 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.46.0 122 Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.45.0 558 Saturday, March 12, 2022 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.42.0 14493 Thursday, December 16, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.41.0 509 Friday, November 12, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.40.0 523 Saturday, October 16, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.39.0 561 Wednesday, September 15, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.38.0 496 Sunday, August 22, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.37.0 461 Thursday, July 22, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.36.0 901 Sunday, May 16, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.35.0 468 Saturday, April 17, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.34.0 838 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.33.0 734 Sunday, February 14, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.31.0 4795 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.30.0 718 Wednesday, December 9, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.29.0 641 Tuesday, November 10, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.28.0 543 Sunday, October 18, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.27.0 950 Friday, September 11, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.26.0 531 Monday, August 24, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.25.0 855 Friday, July 24, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.23.0 2011 Friday, May 15, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.22.0 1250 Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.21.0 1186 Wednesday, March 11, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.20.0 905 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.19.0 411 Sunday, February 2, 2020 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.18.0 1190 Wednesday, December 11, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.17.0 3880 Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.16.0 1191 Monday, September 16, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.15.0 1202 Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.11.0 3871 Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.10.0 612 Sunday, March 31, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.8.0 1033 Saturday, March 9, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.7.0 575 Thursday, February 21, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.4.0 1128 Saturday, January 5, 2019 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.2.0 975 Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.9.1.0 691 Saturday, November 17, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.8.9.0 588 Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.8.7.0 1040 Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.8.6.0 1122 Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.8.2.0 1095 Monday, September 3, 2018 Approved
Visual Studio 2017 Test Agent 15.8.0.0 1155 Thursday, August 16, 2018 Approved

Software

Visual Studio 2017 release notes

Package

15.9.72.0:

  • Package metadata updated for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9.72 (the native installer always installs the latest released Visual Studio 2017 build).
  • Updated bootstrapper url.

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