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What does the term 'smoke testing' mean, and how does this differ from sanity testing?

Smoke testing and sanity testing are two terms that may be unfamiliar to someone outside of the test engineer profession. Like retesting and regression testing, these terms are similar but not identical. As a prospective Microsoft test engineer, you should be aware of this and be able to describe their differences. The Microsoft interviewer is likely to ask you about several different types of tests during the interview. Reviewing all the tests used in your profession to refresh your knowledge is a good practice before any interview.

"Smoke testing and sanity testing are both performed to ensure that a software product is functioning properly. Sanity testing is similar to retesting in that it is done to determine that the bugs already identified have been resolved and the product is functioning properly. Smoke testing is a subset of acceptance testing and is similar to regression testing. It verifies that the software is functioning properly after any updates or changes. These tests are used in place of retesting and regression testing to save time when the changes are minimal."

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