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The definitive guide to understanding Micro Focus Functional Test Automation offerings

Micro Focus offers you a choice of functional ■ Efficiency at scale UFT One
testing software tools to help find the best solu- ■ Control, communicate and collaborate ■ Equivalent to the UFT license sold prior
tion for all your digital testing needs. The pur- to version 15.0
■ Eliminate bottlenecks with an extensible
pose of this document is to provide the reader
DevOps ecosystem ■ Offers same add-ins and supported
with information about the differences between
Introducing the UFT Family with version 15.0, technologies as UFT Ultimate
legacy functional testing products: Quick Test
Professional (QTP), Quick Test Professional Micro Focus UFT unveils a family of integrated ■ Available as Seat and Concurrent
Es­sentials (QTP­-E), Functional Testing (FT), Functional Testing solutions that enables cus- ■ Includes Sprinter (for Concurrent
Ser­vice Test (ST), Unified Functional Testing tomers to test earlier and faster by combining
licenses only)
(UFT) Enterprise, and Lean Functional Testing a breadth of technology support with AI-­driven
capabilities. This provides the speed and resil- ■ Also includes the UFT Mobile Add-in
(LeanFT) and the latest solutions: Micro Focus
UFT One (formerly Unified Functional Testing) iency required to achieve automation at scale for Local Devices
and Micro Focus UFT Developer (formerly that is tightly integrated with an organization’s
LeanFT). current DevOps toolchain. UFT Developer
■ Equivalent to the LeanFT (or UFT Pro)
We recommend upgrading to the latest release UFT Ultimate license sold prior to version 15.0
of the UFT Family software to keep current on ■ Special edition for UFT Family
■ Available as Seat and Concurrent
the latest advancements in features, capa- ■ Offers all add-ins and supported
bilities, and software testing technologies, technologies that work on either the GUI
designed to help facilitate GUI, application pro-
Note
or the API/services layer Customers with existing UFT One licenses
gram interface (API), business component, and
■ Available as Concurrent only are not required to migrate to one of the new
end-­to-­end testing using an intelligent AI-driven
test solution. ■ Includes BPT, Sprinter, and UFT Mobile license editions. Their existing license will sim-
(for functional testing purposes only) ply be renamed.
UFT One at a Glance
Micro Focus UFT One accelerates end­-to-­end Products and Editions Covered
functional testing with one intelligent tool that Products Product Status
builds and automates tests for web, mobile, UFT One (formerly UFT) New edition in version 15.0
API, and enterprise apps using embedded AI­- UFT Developer (formerly LeanFT) New edition in version 15.0
based capabilities: UFT Ultimate New edition in version 14.0
■ Accelerate end-­to-­end testing Functional Testing (FT) Legacy product
Quick Test Professional (QTP) Legacy product
■ Boost productivity with Intelligent
Quick Test Professional Essential (QTP-E) Legacy product
Automation
Service Test (ST) Legacy product
■ Increase test coverage across the UI
and API—and everything in between Table 1. Functional Testing Center products and suites
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New Name Former Name License Mode(s) QTP vs. Service Test (ST)
UFT Ultimate UFT Ultimate Concurrent only ■ QTP is used for functional and regression
UFT One UFT Enterprise Seat and Concurrent testing of applications with user
UFT Developer UFT Pro (LeanFT) Seat and Concurrent interfaces
■ Service Test is designed to handle
Table 2. Comparison matrix of new UFT Family in 15.0
“headless” software testing (applications
without a user interface), thereby making
 Business Process Service Test the tool of choice for testing
Name Testing (BPT) UFT Mobile Sprinter of complex Web Services
UFT Ultimate • Included • Included • Included
• Requires a valid ALM or • Enables functional testing • Concurrent licenses only ■ Additional Service Test features include:
Concurrent license capabilities only within UFT • Does not require a – Ability to reuse scripts for performance
Sprinter license*
testing in LoadRunner—XPath
UFT One • Not included • Not included • Included
• Supports existing/new BPT • Supports existing/new • Concurrent licenses only expressions, Soap fault testing,
integrations with valid ALM UFT Mobile licenses that • Does not require a – Representational State Transfer (REST)
or QC Concurrent licenses include UFT Sprinter license*
services, and JMS testing
UFT Developer • Not included • Not included • Not included
– Built-­in scenarios for configuring security
Table 3. Comparison matrix of UFT Family products in 15.0 in Web Service calls
*Sprinter is licensed when it detects the presence of a UFT Ultimate or UFT One license on the server.
License Comparison
Legacy Products at a Glance ■ Functional Testing (FT)—Combined This topic answers a number of frequently
Functional Testing Center products prior to the Quick Test Professional and all Quick asked questions about usage and consump-
introduction of Unified Functional Testing. Test Professional add-ins into a single, tion options for licenses.
■ Quick Test Professional (QTP)— integrated software testing offering
Automated functional and regression test ■ Service Test (ST)—Standalone solution UFT Family
tool that interacts only at the GUI level for API and Web Services testing WHAT’S INCLUDED?
– Included the following add-ins: ActiveX, Each license includes all add­-ins and sup­
Web, and Visual Basic Product Comparison ported technologies that work on either the
Side-­by-­side comparison for the following pro­­ GUI or the API/services layer (if supported).
– Optional add-ins included: Delphi, Java,
d­ucts: QTP, QTP­-E, FT, and the UFT Family. With a UFT One license, you can also swap it
– .NET Web Forms, .NET Windows Forms, to a UFT Developer license free of charge.
Oracle, PeopleSoft, PowerBuilder, SAP
QTP vs. QTP Essentials (QTP-E)
Web, SAP Windows, Siebel, Standard NEW PRODUCT NAMES
■ QTP Essentials is a reduced version of QTP
Windows, Stingray, Terminal Emulator, Three products/editions were renamed to cre-
with a lower cost than the standard version
VisualAge, Web Services, Windows ate the UFT Family in version 15.0. Each edition
Presentation Foundation (WPF) ■ QTP­-E has the same patches and
provides a different subset of functionality.
technology limitations as QTP standard
■ Quick Test Professional Essentials
version
(QTP-E)—Same as QTP, but with limited These products/editions are:
add-ins and integration to Quality Center ■ Main differences between QTP and
■ UFT Ultimate
(QC) Starter Edition only QTP Essentials is that the latter:
■ UFT One
– Included the following add-­ins: ActiveX, – Offers only five supported technologies
■ UFT Developer
Java, Visual Basic, Web, .NET, WPF, – Integrates with only one, limited version
and Silverlight of Quality Center—QC Starter Edition—
– Also supported ASP, .NET, and AJAX that is no longer supported
through Web Extensibility

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 Feature QTP (Legacy) FT (Legacy) UFT One UFT Developer
 Summary  Provides functional and  Provides functional and  Accelerates end-­to-­end  Shift­-left and automate functional
regression test automation regression test automation functional testing with one testing using the IDE, language,
working on the GUI level of working on the GUI level of intelligent tool that builds and and testing framework of choice
the application under test the application under test automates tests for web, mobile,
API, and enterprise apps using
embedded AI­-based capabilities
 Supported Add-ins  Core add­-ins (ActiveX, Web,  All add-­ins supported as  All add-­ins supported as  Supports most common AUT
and Visual Basic) with the part of the offering. Refer to part of- the offering. Refer to technologies, including Windows
option to buy additional the product availability matrix the product availability matrix Standard, Web, .NET Windows
add-­ins (PAM) for detailed listing of (PAM) for detailed listing of Forms, WPF, SAP, Mobile, Java
all supported technologies, all supported technologies,
platforms, and integrations platforms, and integrations
 Scripting Languages  VBScript VBScript  VBScript and C# for API/Web  C#, Java, JavaScript
Services scripting
 Test Automation Frameworks  Business Process Testing  Business Process Testing  BPT embedded within UFT  Any supported open source
(BPT) (BPT) framework. Refer to the product
availability matrix (PAM) for
detailed listing of all supported
technologies, platforms, and
integrations
 AI-based Testing  Supported  Supported  Supported Tech preview
 API/Web Services Testing Not supported  Not supported  Supported by built-in wizards/  Partially supported by existing
accelerators dev methods to interact with
this layer
 Service Virtualization  Supported  Supported  Supported  Supported
 Parallel Execution  Supported  Supported  Supported  Supported
(Concurrent licenses only) (Concurrent licenses only) (Concurrent licenses only) (Concurrent licenses only)
 UFT Mobile  Supported  Supported  Supported  Supported
 UFT Mobile for Local Device  Supported  Supported  Supported  Not supported
 Continuous Integration Tools  Supported  Supported  Supported  Supported
 Source / Version Control  Supported  Supported  Supported  Supported

Table 4. Feature-­functionality matrix for legacy and current products

*Technology preview

USAGE RESTRICTIONS Quick Test Professional (QTP) Functional Testing (FT)

With the concurrent license, there is no site or WHAT’S INCLUDED? WHAT’S INCLUDED?
geographic area license restriction—it works Sold in the past with a limited number of add­- Each license includes all add­-ins and sup­
across the globe. With a seat license, there is ins. Additional add­-ins (e.g., SAP, Java, and oth- ported technologies for GUI testing only.
only one machine that can use it. ers) licensed separately.
USAGE RESTRICTIONS
CONSUMPTION OPTIONS
USAGE RESTRICTIONS Geographic restrictions apply according to the
■ Flexible consumption options:
Geographic restrictions apply according to the license purchased.
■ Receive UFT Developer—free for existing license purchased.
UFT One customers CONSUMPTION OPTIONS
■ Buy standalone UFT Developer licenses CONSUMPTION OPTIONS No longer available for purchase.
or UFT Runtime licenses No longer available for purchase.
TRIAL LICENSE
TRIAL LICENSE No longer available for trial.
No longer available for trial.

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QTP/FT Upgrade FAQs

Upgrading to the latest release of UFT One software keeps your team(s) current on the latest functional testing features, capabilities, and technol-
ogies. These help facilitate GUI, API, business components, and end­-to-­end testing using an intelligent test solution.

FAQ Answer
 Do I have to upgrade from QTP, ST, or FT  Customers with active support contacts can continue to use their existing licenses and receive the latest version of
to UFT One? the product for the plug­ins that they already own.
 However, customers who want to test across technologies, perform API testing, and take advantage of UFT Developer,
embedded BTP, and other latest enhancements, should consider upgrading.
 Can I migrate my current installation to the  Once a user migrates to the latest UFT One software (begins using UFT IDE with their existing licenses), they
latest UFT One free of charge, without paying automatically get a number of core UFT One features, including: Insight, HTML reports, integrations to Source
for an upgrade? Controls and tools such as Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Service Virtualization, and much more.
 However, we encourage customers to purchase an upgrade to a full version of UFT One to help facilitate GUI,
API, business component, and end­-to-­end testing using a single solution, as well as using UFT Developer when and
where needed.
 I have only a few add-ins for QTP. Can I  UFT One licenses include all supported add-­ins and technologies. You will need to buy a full UFT One license.
purchase additional add-ins for UFT One?
 Can I buy more licenses of ST?  You will need to buy UFT One licenses to increase the number of user performing API/Service testing.

Table 5. Questions for upgrading across product lines

Figure 1. Example: Migrating from QTP to UFT One vs. Full Upgrade to UFT One

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 Intuitive UI  API/Web Services Testing  Intuitive UI
 Multi-layer Testing  Other technology add-ins  Multi-layer Testing
 ALM/QC  BPT inside  API/Web Services Testing
 UFT Mobile**  UFT One*  All other add-ins (200+ supported apps & technologies)
 Service Virtualization  Sprinter  BPT inside UFT*
 Chrome Emulator  UFT Developer  UFT Mobile**
 Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo,  Service Virtualization
Azure DevOps)  UFT Developer
 Insight Recording  Chrome Emulator
 Mac support***  Continuous Integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo,
 Source and Version Control (Git, SVN) Azure DevOps)
 Insight Recording
 Mac support***
 Source and Version Control (Git, SVN)

Table 6. Available features between migration and full upgrade options

*Requires a valid ALM/QC license
**Requires a valid UFT Mobile license
***Requires UFT Developer (Mac Support not fully available in UFT One)

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