Cross browser parallel test execution with SeleniumGrid or testing Cloud Providers

Running test in parallel on different browsers at the same time is possible with Selenium Grid, BrowserStack, TestingBot or e.g SauceLabs

Sample test case:

namespace Ocaramba.Tests.NUnit.Tests
{
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using Automation.Tests.PageObjects.PageObjects.TheInternet;
    using Common;
    using global::NUnit.Framework;

    [TestFixture("ChromeWindows")]
    [TestFixture("Android")]
    [TestFixture("Iphone")]
    [TestFixture("FirefoxWindows")]
    [TestFixture("SafariMac")]
    [TestFixture("EdgeWindows")]
    [TestFixture("IEWindows")]
    [Parallelizable(ParallelScope.Fixtures)]
    public class HerokuappTestsNUnit : ProjectTestBase
    {
        public HerokuappTestsNUnit(string environment)
            : base(environment)
        {
        }

        [Test]
        public void ContextMenuTest()
        {
            const string H3Value = "Context Menu";
            var browser = BaseConfiguration.TestBrowser;
            if (browser.Equals(BrowserType.Firefox))
            {
                var contextMenuPage = new InternetPage(this.DriverContext)
                    .OpenHomePage()
                    .GoToContextMenuPage()
                    .SelectTheInternetOptionFromContextMenu();

                Assert.AreEqual("You selected a context menu", contextMenuPage.JavaScriptText);
                Assert.True(contextMenuPage.ConfirmJavaScript().IsH3ElementEqualsToExpected(H3Value), "h3 element is not equal to expected {0}", H3Value);
            }
        }

        [Test]
        public void SlowResourcesTest()
        {
            int timeout = 35;
            new InternetPage(this.DriverContext)
                .OpenHomePage()
                .GoToSlowResources()
                .WaitForIt(timeout);
        }
    }
}

Add section group "environments" in App.config. Set "browser" value to "RemoteWebDriver" and "DriverCapabilities" value to "CloudProvider". Set "RemoteWebDriverHub" value to "http://localhost:4444/wd/hub" to use your own Selenium Grid server instead of BrowserStack:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
...
    <sectionGroup name="environments">
      <section name="ChromeWindows" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="FirefoxWindows" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="SafariMac" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="EdgeWindows" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="IEWindows" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="Android" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
      <section name="Iphone" type="System.Configuration.NameValueSectionHandler" />
    </sectionGroup>
 <appSettings>
...
    <add key="RemoteWebDriverHub" value="http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"/>
    <!--<add key="RemoteWebDriverHub" value="http://user:[email protected]/wd/hub"/>-->
    <!--<add key="RemoteWebDriverHub" value="http://user:[email protected]:80/wd/hub"/>-->
    <!--<add key="RemoteWebDriverHub" value="https://user:[email protected]/wd/hub/"/>-->
    <add key="DriverCapabilities" value="CloudProvider"/>
  </appSettings>
...
  <DriverCapabilities>
    <add key="project" value="Test.Automation"/>
    <add key="browserstack.debug" value="true" />
    <add key="build" value="Objectivity.Test.Automation.Tests.CloudProviderCrossBrowser" />
    <add key="browserstack.networkLogs" value="true" />
    <add key="browserstack.local" value="false" />
    <!-->saucelabs Settings/-->
    <add key="extendedDebugging" value="true"/>
  </DriverCapabilities>
  <environments>
   <ChromeWindows>
      <add key="browser" value="chrome" />
      <add key="os" value="Windows"/>
      <add key="os_version" value="10"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </ChromeWindows>
    <FirefoxWindows>
      <add key="browser" value="firefox" />
      <add key="os" value="Windows"/>
      <add key="os_version" value="10"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </FirefoxWindows>
    <SafariMac>
      <add key="browser" value="safari" />
      <add key="os" value="OS X"/>
      <add key="os_version" value="Mojave"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
      <!-->saucelabs Settings/-->
      <add key="platform" value="macOS 10.14" />
      <add key="version" value="12.0" />
    </SafariMac>
    <EdgeWindows>
      <add key="browser" value="edge" />
      <add key="os" value="Windows"/>
      <add key="os_version" value="10"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </EdgeWindows>
    <IEWindows>
      <add key="browser" value="IE" />
      <add key="os" value="Windows"/>
      <add key="os_version" value="10"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </IEWindows>
    <Android>
      <add key="device" value="Samsung Galaxy S8"/>
      <add key="realMobile" value="true"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </Android>
    <Iphone>
      <add key="device" value="iPhone 7"/>
      <add key="realMobile" value="true"/>
      <add key="name" value="parallel_test" />
    </Iphone>
  </environments>
<startup><supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5"/></startup></configuration>

Add this constructor to ProjectTestBase class.

namespace Ocaramba.Tests.NUnit.Tests
{
            public class ProjectTestBase : TestBase
    {
        private static readonly Logger Logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();

        private readonly DriverContext
            driverContext = new DriverContext();

        public ProjectTestBase(string environment)
        {
            Logger.Info(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "environment {0}", environment);

            this.DriverContext.CrossBrowserEnvironment = environment;
        }
}

You can also execute tests in parallel on one browser and repeat it for different browsers. Here you can found Update App.config instruction how App.config file can be modified by powershell script.