Silk Test Workbench is the quality testing environment that offers .NET scripting for power users and easy to use visual tests to make testing more accessible to a broader audience. Silk Test Workbench is automatically installed when you choose a complete or standard installation. If you choose a basic installation, you can install Silk Test Workbench without any other components. When you install Silk Test Workbench, the Open Agent is also installed. The Open Agent is required to run Silk Test Workbench.