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title: "[How Do I:] Use Generic Tests? | Microsoft Docs"
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description: "A generic test is an existing program that is wrapped and made available as a test in Visual Studio Team System. In this video we see a demonstration of how..."
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[How Do I:] Use Generic Tests?
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by [Chris Menegay](https://twitter.com/CMenegay)

A generic test is an existing program that is wrapped and made available as a test in Visual Studio Team System. In this video we see a demonstration of how a wrapped shell program accepts an input value from our test environment and how the program's output value is used to determine whether the test passed or failed.

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