Mstest Run ignored tests in VS

Question

I have created a number of long running integration tests. They take around 5-10 minutes to complete. I don't want them to run Everytime the developers run tests from VS as it will take a long time. They are purely ad hoc tests

Is there a way to mark a test as ignored but still allow developers to run it locally if they explicitly select and run the test without removing ignore tag each time? Also i want these tests to run during overnight build via TFS and MS test runner

Answer 1

Suggest you look into using Test Categories .

By categorising your long running tests separately, you can choose what to include on test runs, eg

[TestMethod]
[TestCategory("Integration")]  
public void MyLongRunningTest()  
{  
    // Test Code
}  

And to run:

mstest /testcontainer:TestProject.dll /category:"Integration"