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=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Pattern Summary'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Instead of using local machines put the project on one or more virtual machines</span>
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Category'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Management</span>
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Context'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Use this pattern if you have a distributed team or if you are suposed to run the same test cases in different environments</span>
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Description'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Instead of using local machines put the project on one or more virtual machines. With virtual machines you can also set-up as many test environments as you need</span>
=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Implementation'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">The virtual machines can be in your intranet or at some provider. Be sure that all team members have the necessary authorizations and that all the necessary tools or environments are installed</span>

=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Potential problems'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">Virtual machines do have a cost, so it needs to be worth it to use them.</span><br />

=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Issues addressed by this pattern'''</span>=
''<span style="font-size: 16px">[[HARD-TO-AUTOMATE]]</span>''<br /> ''<span style="font-size: 16px">[[INADEQUATE COMMUNICATION]]</span>''<br /> ''<span style="font-size: 16px">[[INADEQUATE TECHNICAL RESOURCES]]</span>''

=<span style="font-size: 16px">'''Experiences'''</span>=
<span style="font-size: 16px">If you have used this pattern, please add your name and a brief story of how you used this pattern: your context, what you did, and how well it worked - or how it didn't work!</span><br /> <br /> 

<span style="font-size: 16px">Example from Seretta Gamba:</span><br /> 

<span style="font-size: 16px">The company I worked for is based in Hamburg, Germany, but many colleagues live in other cities (like Berlin or Cologne) and all work from home regularly. We put our automation on the cloud and in this way it makes no difference where you work. Another advantage is that two persons can connect to the same virtual machine and can in this way PAIR UP even if they are located in different cities. Being on the cloud is also cheaper so one can have an extra machine for every operating system or database. In this way it’s also easier to have [[DEDICATED RESOURCES]].</span></div>