I want to run my coded UI test on a testing machine, but I wish If I can escape from installing VS2012 on my Test machine. Is there any any way to do it?
According to this blog you only need to install the test controller software on a machine: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/shair/2015/04/08/automation-runner-running-tests-without-visual-studio/
Also there is a tool that wraps around VSTEST.Console to simplify running tests without VS:
Automation Runner only Requires Test Controller to be installed on the running machine – No MTM or Visual Studio Required.
I used VS Test Agent and it ran the tests for me without Visual studio
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30620063/is-it-possible-to-run-codedui-test-without-installing-vs-how