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Expand Up @@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ The [ExpectedException](xref:Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.Expect

The following attributes and the values assigned to them appear in the `Visual Studio` **Properties** window for a particular test method. These attributes aren't meant to be accessed through the code of the test. Instead, they affect the ways the test is used or run, either by you through the IDE of Visual Studio, or by the Visual Studio test engine. For example, some of these attributes appear as columns in the **Test Manager** window and **Test Results** window, which means that you can use them to group and sort tests and test results. One such attribute is <xref:Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.TestPropertyAttribute>, which you use to add arbitrary metadata to tests.

For example, you could use it to store the name of a "test pass" that this test covers, by marking the test with `[TestProperty("Feature", "Accessibility")]`. Or, you could use it to store an indicator of the kind of test It's with `[TestProperty("ProductMilestone", "42")]`. The property you create by using this attribute, and the property value you assign, are both displayed in the Visual Studio **Properties** window under the heading **Test specific**.
For example, you could use it to store the name of a "test pass" that this test covers, by marking the test with `[TestProperty("Feature", "Accessibility")]`. Or, you could use it to store an indicator of the kind of test it is with `[TestProperty("ProductMilestone", "42")]`. The property you create by using this attribute, and the property value you assign, are both displayed in the Visual Studio **Properties** window under the heading **Test specific**.

- <xref:Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.DescriptionAttribute>
- <xref:Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting.GitHubWorkItemAttribute>
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