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Cloud Load Testing and Application Insights at the Software Developer Network Event 6-6 Netherlands

May 29th, 2014
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 ...

New from Imaginet: Timesheet for Visual Studio Online (VSO)

May 29th, 2014
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 ...

Top things a new Visual Studio Online account owner should know

May 27th, 2014
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 ...

Application Insights in DevDays Finland

May 19th, 2014
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 ...

Binding a Cloud Load Test to a data source

May 14th, 2014
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 – ...

Brisbane ALM User Group: Integrating Application Insights in the end to end ALM workflow by Anthony Borton

April 27th, 2014
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...

Monitoring Custom Performance Counters in Application Insights

April 21st, 2014
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 ...

Application Insights Webinar April 17th 8:00am PST

April 15th, 2014
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...

Integrating testing tools and devops at the Seattle Area Software Quality Assurance Group April 17th

April 9th, 2014
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...

Cloud Load testing with Visual Studio Online – Launching General Availability

April 4th, 2014
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 ...