Only run browser automation tests if host OS supports it

test/Templates.Test/Helpers/TemplateTestBase.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using Templates.Test.Helpers;
 using Xunit;
@@ -12,6 +14,12 @@ namespace Templates.Test
         protected string ProjectName { get; set; }
         protected string TemplateOutputDir { get; private set; }
 
+        // The tests use EdgeDriver because InternetExplorerDriver is flaky and
+        // ChromeDriver is very slow (plus, Chrome might not be on CI machines).
+        // This limits us to running the browser automation tests on Windows 10+.
+        protected bool EnableBrowserAutomationTesting
+            => OSSupportsEdge();
+
         static TemplateTestBase()
         {
             TemplatePackageInstaller.ReinstallTemplatePackages();
@@ -139,5 +147,19 @@ namespace Templates.Test
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private static int GetWindowsVersion()
+        {
+            var osDescription = RuntimeInformation.OSDescription;
+            var windowsVersion = Regex.Match(osDescription, "^Microsoft Windows (\\d+)\\..*");
+            return windowsVersion.Success ? int.Parse(windowsVersion.Groups[1].Value) : -1;
+        }
+
+        private static bool OSSupportsEdge()
+        {
+            var windowsVersion = GetWindowsVersion();
+            return (windowsVersion >= 10 && windowsVersion < 2000)
+                || (windowsVersion >= 2016);
+        }
     }
 }

test/Templates.Test/SpaTemplateTest.cs

@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ namespace Templates.Test
             {
                 aspNetProcess.AssertOk("/");
 
-                using (var browser = aspNetProcess.VisitInBrowser())
+                if (EnableBrowserAutomationTesting)
                 {
-                    TestBasicNavigation(browser);
+                    using (var browser = aspNetProcess.VisitInBrowser())
+                    {
+                        TestBasicNavigation(browser);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }