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Using Selenium with Cloud-based Load Testing

November 16, 2014 Nov 16, 2014 11/16/14
RanganathG [MSFT]
This blog is an introduction to how users can execute Selenium tests using Cloud-based Load Testing from Visual Studio Online.  Introduction Let's get familiar with Cloud-based Load Testing (CLT) from Visual Studio Online (VSO) and Selenium. Let's get started. Authoring Selenium unit tests in Visual Studio...

Cloud-based Load Testing REST APIs are here

November 2, 2014 Nov 2, 2014 11/2/14
Jimson Chalissery [MSFT]
Many of you are looking at being more agile when it comes to testing, and with increased focus on automation, there are quite a few who wants to integrate Load Testing as a regular test practice. This could be either for those validating performance of their nightly/weekly builds or those that just does not want to wait for big milestone ...

Announcing a simplified browser-based authoring and configuration experience for Load Testing

October 28, 2014 Oct 28, 2014 10/28/14
Charles Sterling
A natural extension to the cloud-based load service, this simplified browser-based authoring and configuration experience enables practically anyone to create and run a load test. Performance testing is often relegated to specialist performance engineers and treated as one of the niche areas of testing, where the tester needs to a proficient ...

New Web Access Test features walk through

October 22, 2014 Oct 22, 2014 10/22/14
Charles Sterling
I just finished a Microsoft Virtual Academy on DevOps covering new features in Visual Studio Online and Team Foundation Server Update 4 with Jeff Levinson and we had a couple of the attendees ask for the Excel File that we used to create the Test Cases and the shared parameters.  I decided to do one better…publish all the steps we went ...

Enhance your Application Availability Monitoring with VS 2013 Web Test Plugins

September 11, 2014 Sep 11, 2014 09/11/14
Gustavo R Lima
You may be aware Application Insights in Visual Studio Online provides you with the capability of monitoring the availability of your web applications through the use of Visual Studio Web Tests. If not, you may want to take a peek at this post before continuing. Now, let’s assume your application is a financial tool which provides real-time...

New Intellitrace article from Testing Experience: Successful Quality Management with Visual Studio IntelliTrace

September 8, 2014 Sep 8, 2014 09/8/14
Charles Sterling
If you don’t have a free subscription to Testing Experience  yet now is definitely a great time to sign up as they have a new article on Intellitrace!   Always Know What’s Going On Successful Quality Management with Visual Studio IntelliTrace Software development can be nerve-wracking. As a developer, you often ...

Data-Driven Load Tests using Visual Studio Online and SQL Azure

August 26, 2014 Aug 26, 2014 08/26/14
Charles Sterling
Editors Note: While working in Australia I was blessed to work with some truly gifted technologists.  In the SQL space David Lean was the local legend with the (deserved) reputation of being THE SQL Performance Guru. David has since left Microsoft but continue his cutting edge work with SQL Server and Application Tuning.  Thanks for the ...