How to run unit tests (MSTest) in parallel?

Question

I am looking for ways to run test suites in parallel.

I am aware of .testrunconfig setting. This allows you to multiplex on the numb

Answer 1

Visual Studio 2015 Update 1 adds this. https://docs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2015-update1-vs#misc

For Update 2, there is a UI toggle button in the toolbar at the top of the Test Explorer pane (between the 'grouping' and 'search' boxes).

For Update 1, Set the following in the .runsettings

  
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The value for MaxCpuCount has the following semantics:

• ‘n’ (where 1 <= n <= number of cores) : upto ‘n’ processes will be launched.

• ‘n’ of any other value : The number of processes launched will be as many as the available cores on the machine.