Azure Load Testing became generally available in February 2023. It shipped with a lot of new features that were requested by you, the community. You can get started quickly from within the Azure portal, or upload your own custom JMeter script. Azure Load Testing allows you to find bottlenecks within your application stack, load testing your applications, and includes reporting on your tests, allowing you find any performance regressions or issues.

While Azure Load Testing is an awesome tool, you can even integrate it into your Azure DevOps pipeline! Allowing you to load test your applications as part of your CI/CD toolchain. Watch the hands on tutorial below on how to configure Azure Load Testing into your Azure Pipelines:

To learn all about the new features released in Azure Load Testing, you can check out what’s new in Azure Load Testing video.

Useful resources

• Azure Load Testing GA blog
• Azure Load Testing Resources
• Get started with Azure Load Testing
• Azure Load Testing tutorial with Azure DevOps