{"id":16056,"date":"2016-05-09T14:17:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T07:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/?p=16056"},"modified":"2019-02-14T17:34:03","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T01:34:03","slug":"trying-out-the-cloud-load-testing-service-using-visual-studio-enterprise-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/trying-out-the-cloud-load-testing-service-using-visual-studio-enterprise-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying out the cloud load testing service using Visual Studio Enterprise trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\">Of late, we have heard that several people are interested in trying out the capabilities of Visual Studio load test offering, but they are not sure how to go about it if they don&#8217;t already have an Enterprise license.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\">This post illustrates how to use Visual Studio Enterprise trial to learn about load test capabilities\u00a0in the VS IDE, and how you can leverage the free 20,000 VUM monthly quota of your VSTS account to see the cloud-based load testing in action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Before you start<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: .375in;direction: ltr;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0in;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle;line-height: 18pt;color: #333333\" value=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/post-download-vs?sku=ent\">Download<\/a> and install Enterprise trial, if you don\u2019t have it\u00a0already.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle;line-height: 18pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\">Sign-up for a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/products\/visual-studio-team-services-vs\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: blue\">Visual Studio Team Services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\"> account if you don\u2019t have one already, for free.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Getting Visual Studio ready for first use<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: .375in;direction: ltr;margin-top: 0in;margin-bottom: 0in;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal\" type=\"1\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle;line-height: 18pt;color: #333333\" value=\"1\">Start Visual Studio<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0;vertical-align: middle;line-height: 18pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt\">When prompted, sign in using your Microsoft account (MSA) to activate your trial, that is valid for 90 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/05\/SignInVS.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-mediumlarge wp-image-16115\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2016\/05\/SignInVS-500x335.jpg\" alt=\"SignInVS\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Getting started with cloud load test<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">Create a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualstudio.com\/en-us\/get-started\/setup\/sign-up-for-visual-studio-team-services\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: blue\">VSTS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\"> account if you don\u2019t already have one. Every month, you get 20,000 VUMs free, using which you can run load tests in the cloud. This is a great option to leverage to learn about cloud load testing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\">Download the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/getting-started-with-17a52e95\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: blue\">sample load test project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/library\/vs\/alm\/test\/performance-testing\/getting-started\/getting-started-with-performance-testing\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: blue\">complete the walkthrough<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-left: .375in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;color: #333333\">\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333\">Have questions? Reach out to us at <\/span><span style=\"color: blue\"><a href=\"mailto:vsoloadtest@microsoft.com\">vsoloadtest@microsoft.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;line-height: 18pt;font-family: Georgia;font-size: 14.0pt;color: #333333\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FAQ<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">My account is setup with basic access in VSTS. Can I still run Visual Studio load tests using trial?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">&gt;&gt; Yes, even if your account is setup with basic access in VSTS, you can still run load tests when using Visual Studio Enterprise trial.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">Want to learn beyond the basics?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">&gt;&gt; Our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/visualstudioalm\/p\/cltknowledgebase\/\">knowledge base<\/a> has a ton of useful links to articles and videos on load testing.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">My organization also has teams that don\u2019t use Visual Studio or they use other technologies such as Java for development. Are there any other options for load testing?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">&gt;&gt; Yes, you can also run Apache JMeter based tests using cloud load testing in VSTS. You can find the details <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/vs\/alm\/test\/performance-testing\/getting-started\/get-started-jmeter-test\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">I like what I saw, what are my options for getting an Enterprise license?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: 12.0pt;font-weight: normal;font-style: normal;color: #333333\">&gt;&gt; Apart from the standard MSDN subscription, you can also get a monthly or annual cloud subscription. 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