How to Do Test Automation in Dynamics 365?

If you are switching to automated testing, the choice of options on the market might overwhelm you. There is RSAT, an official Microsoft automation testing tool dedicated to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance and Supply Chain Management. There are also open-source tools as well as paid proprietary solutions.

This article will help you to understand how to automate testing with these solutions.

Automation with Open-Source Frameworks and Libraries

Selenium is one of the best examples of open-source solutions for automated testing. It has a number of components that can be used for automating various processes covering Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Selenium is offered for free and provides companies with great flexibility. Selenium tools like Selenium IDE (Integrated Development Environment), Selenium WebDriver or Selenium Remote Control support the automation of different types of tests as well as reporting.

Still, Selenium is not a ready-to-use solution. If you want to use it for test automation in your company, you should have competent developers who will set up testing infrastructure and environment, write tests and maintain them. These are some of the basic tasks your testers will have to take care of.

The need for experts to test with Selenium makes this tool more suitable for organizations that have already been using it for other automation tasks and have adequate staff for this work. Otherwise, it will inevitably lead to high costs.

RSAT – Official Microsoft Automation Testing Tool

RSAT or Regression Suite Automation Tool is a solution for testing Microsoft Dynamics 365 FSCM provided for companies using this ERP system without additional costs.

RSAT does not require the same high level of expertise from your staff as Selenium, but it still cannot be completely handled without technical skills. Mere installation of the tool on a server and gaining access to the ERP software might be confusing.

The Microsoft automation testing tool is limited to FSCM and cannot be used for testing other modules or Microsoft CRM applications. There is also another limitation – RSAT is designed only for functional testing. If you choose this tool, you will not be able to apply it to performance and integration testing, which are also crucial for the validation of Microsoft Dynamics 365. RSAT does not have functionality for parallel testing either.

On top of that, Microsoft has already stopped updating RSAT limiting its capabilities to the existing functionality.

Proprietary Tools for Automated Testing

You can automate testing with one of the paid tools. If you choose a solution dedicated to FSCM, you will gain access to useful features tailored to the specific needs of this ERP system.

For example, Executive Automats offers complex support for functional and performance testing not limited to FSCM applications. It is a completely codeless tool with a user-friendly UI that allows you to quickly create, schedule and perform tests in sequence or concurrently. Executive Automats is also equipped with a test recorder, test scheduler and built-in automated reporting.