Certification kit

The next step is to make sure you aren't going to fail the automated tests during certification. Microsoft provides the same automated tests used when you submit your app in the Windows Application Certification Kit (WACK).

Note

WACK is installed by default with Visual Studio 2012 or higher version.

There are two ways to run the test: after you build your application package, or by running the kit directly against an installed app. We'll look at the latter first, as you might want to run the test on your deployed test game well before you build anything for the store. This is also the only way to run the WACK on a WinRT device, if you want to cover all bases.

If you haven't already deployed or tested your app, deploy it using the Build menu in Visual Studio and then search for the Windows App Cert Kit using the start menu (just start typing). When you run this you will be given an option to choose which type of application you want to validate. In this case we want to select...