Do I need Team foundation server in order to use CodedUI?

Question

I'd like to write some basic tests for our web and Winforms applications.

I already own Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate. Do I also need TFS in order to use the new CodedUI tests?

Answer 1

No you don't need to have TFS in order to use Coded UI tests. You can create your tests in Visual Studio and run them direct from there, or via mstest. The main benefit TFS will add is the ability to execute tests across multiple physical and virtual tests machines via Test Manager. You will also get central collation of test results in the TFS repository.

Answer 2

No, you don't need TFS. Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate is quite enough to record and launch codedUI tests.