Case Study: OEConnection achieves 70% fewer software bugs and 60% faster builds with Microsoft Azure

At the Top of Its Game: Leading Automotive Technology Company Improves Quality

OEConnection (OEC) is a U.S. automotive technology company that connects about 60,000 buyers and sellers to manage millions of OE parts transactions monthly. As the business grew and moved to more web‑based and cloud services, development schedules slipped and production bugs and emergency deployments increased, so OEC needed to modernize its QA and delivery processes.

OEC adopted agile/Behavior Driven Development practices, upgraded to Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2013 and Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, and used Microsoft Azure for large-scale performance testing. The changes brought automated and nightly smoke tests, better reporting, and faster builds—resulting in a 70% reduction in bugs, builds completing about 60% faster, and a sharp drop in emergency (Severity 1) production deployments.

OEConnection

Jim Dixon

QA Manager