If you happen to be in the Netherlands June 6th and not fishing for Chinook off the coast of Washington (where I plan on being) make sure and check out the Software Developer Network Conference at the Achmea Conference Center in beautiful Zeist.  Visual Studio Cloud Load Testing and Application InsightsApplication Insights solves the age old d...

While my title indicates this is only for Visual Studio Online this great tool definitely still works with both Microsoft Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Online. The newly modernized Imaginet Timesheet is an easy-to-use time tracking and reporting tool that is perfect for organizations already using TFS 2010, 2012 or 2013 or Visual Studio ...

With Visual Studio Online, I realized I have not installed an On-premise Team Foundation Server in a while.  The convenience of these online accounts always being available, having the server automatically upgraded, and of course access to services such as Cloud Load Test, Hosted Build and Application Insights takes it from an incredible inconvenie...

It is always very interesting to see how different technologies are adopted at different rates in different geographies for instance MSMQ initially had its largest user base Australia.  In rolling out Application Insights we have seen a large uptake in Europe namely Netherlands and Finland.  In the case of MSMQ the cause was unreliable an...

At StarEast I had a couple of Web Performance Tests in my demo solution that people asked about.  Namely the Web Tests called:  As the name suggests with the first Web Test is something I have been working with Perfecto Mobile on some of their new features and hope to have another post when they are ready to make an announcement – Sorry guys ...

The warming weather and the Thunder Showers this weekend definitely left me a little homesick for Australia…which compelled me to announce this weeks ALM User Group in Brisbane.  Next week is “bring a friend” week at the Brisbane ALM User Group with with every person who brings a friend receiving free soft drinks during the ...

I have had several folks ask me how to monitor custom performance counters in Application Insights. Since I hadn’t played with performance counters in a while I thought I would go through the MSDN documentation on this topic from end to end. Step 1.  Create the performance Counter In Visual Studio open Server Explorer, expand the Performance Cou...

If you are looking to get started with Application Insights I will be hosting a webinar Thursday 8:00am PST where I will be walking through a getting started session looking at Availability Monitoring, Performance Monitoring, Usage Monitoring and how to make all this actionable!Register for event: https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx...

The thought leaders in the area of Testing locally  run  “Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group”.  I have been asked me to come in and show them how Microsoft is integrating Testing tools into the DevOps work flows!Definitely looking forward to it!3rd Thursday, April 17th,  6:30 pm at CompuCom 11900 NE 1st ...

As announced with the build conference we are launching the General Availability for cloud load testing using Visual Studio Online.Here are some links to get started and details on free usage limits and applicable charges with General Availability. Getting Started links New Highlights With the integration of the Application Insights...