Presentation Abstract

This talk will give an overview on the engineering process used by Microsoft to develop and test Windows2000 product with a specific focus on the QA process. It will give a glimpse into the daily QA activity taking place in the teams while working on a project like Windows2000, and provide high level information on the way testing and deployment effort was staged.

About the Author

As a Director in the Windows Division, Sanjay is responsible for overseeing the building, testing and quality assurance of the Windows 2000 family of products.

Sanjay joined Microsoft in July 1989 as a software design engineer in the Windows NT test team and is part of this group since then in a variety of roles. His most recent role is managing the groups responsible for build, QA/OS testing , business applications integration testing , and logo testing for Windows NT products as a Director of Test.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Sanjay was a post graduate student in Computer Engineering at Syracuse University, New York. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from VJTI, Mumbai, India.