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Web/Load Testing

Description of Tables and Columns in VS 2010 Load Test Database

In this blog post I am going to update Bill Barnett's post which describes the tables and columns in...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 02/12/2010

Convert Comments entered in Web Test Recorder into Transactions

This post is going to be one more sample of a Web Test Recorder Plug-in. The recorder plug-ins are a...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/26/2010

VSTS 2010 Feature: Another Sample Web Test Recorder Plug-in

In a previous post I wrote about a new feature that was added for VS 2010 called extensible recorder...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/26/2010

VSTS 2010 Feature: ASP.NET profiler integration with Load Tests

One of the new features in VSTS 2010 is Data Collectors. Data collectors can run as part of your...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/12/2010

VSTS 2010 Feature: Branching and Looping in Declarative Web Tests

We continue to add features to the declarative web test model that will try to allow you to stay in...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/12/2010

VSTS 2010 Feature: Find/Replace in Web Test Editor

This blog post will describe the find/replace functionality added to the web test editor. This...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/11/2010

VSTS 2010 Feature: Data Source Enhancements

This blog post will describe the enhancements that have been made to the data source functionality...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/04/2010

Debugging Custom Validation/Extraction rules, Web Test and Load Test Plug-ins

Most of my recent posts have been about new features in VS 2010. This post is going to show you how...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/16/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: API for Processing Web Test Results

One request which we have received a number of times is something like, “The Web test playback UI is...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/11/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Load Testing Run Comparison Report in Excel

This blog post is going to be about one of my favorite new features added for Beta2. In Beta1 we...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/06/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Making it easy to debug web tests using Fiddler

VSTS 2010 Beta2 is out and there are a number of blog posts I want to write on the features now...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/03/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Load test virtual user activity visualization

This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 06/09/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Extensible recorder plugins for modifying recorded web tests (including adding custom dynamic parameter correlation)

This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 06/04/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Web Test Recorder Plugins

This is another post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 06/03/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Enhancements for Web Test Playback UI

This is my second post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/28/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Web Test Playback Enhancements

This is my second post about new VS 2010 web/load testing features. You can get the beta here: beta...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/28/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Load Test Excel Report Integration

Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/22/2009

VSTS 2010 Feature: Creating excel reports for Load Test Data

Now that VSTS 2010 beta 1 is available I will be writing a series of blog posts highlighting new Web...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/21/2009

Using Fiddler to create web tests with transactions

Check out this blog post from Eric Mattingly about extenstions he added to fiddler for creating VSTS...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/05/2009

Creating a custom step load profile

This blog post will show you how to create custom load profiles by walking you thorugh the process...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/04/2009

Creating a custom load profile which will step user load up and then back down

This blog post is going to show you how to create a custom load profile. Out of the box there are 3...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/04/2009

Load Test Plug-in Overview and Samples

This blog post gives an overview of the load test plug-in extensibility point and provides a few...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 04/10/2009

Load Test Plug-ins

This blog post is going to go over creating a load test plug-in and show a few different ways you...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 04/10/2009

Awesome new Web/Load testing reference guide available

Check out the following guide for answers to many different questions on web and load testing:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 03/31/2009

How to run Web and Load Tests from the Command-Line

This blog post will show you how you can run web and load tests from the command-line:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/22/2008

Running Web and Load tests from the Command-Line

This blog post will show you how to run a web test or load test from the command-line instead of...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/22/2008

Modifying Request Properties with a Web Test Plugin

This blog post will show you how you can create a simple web test plugin which can be used to easily...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/22/2008

Setting request properties with a Web Test Plug-in

This blog post will show you how to write a plug-in to set properties on each request. For example,...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/22/2008

Using scriptable parameter values in a web test

This post will show you how to imbed code into a property value. There are 2 built in macro’s that...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/16/2008

Scriptable Parameter Values in web tests

This post will show you how to imbed code in a parameter value of a web test without having to...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/16/2008

Using new VS 2008 Web Test APIs to create Web Test Reports

This blog post will make use of the some of the new web test API's added in VS 2008 SP1. This post...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 09/10/2008

Reporting on web tests using new web test API's added in VS 2008 SP1

This blog will show you how to use some of the new API’s added in VS 2008 sp1 to collect additional...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 09/10/2008

Collecting Code Coverage when Running Web and Load Tests

This blog post will show you how you can collect code coverage data when running web and load tests:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 07/08/2008

Collecting Code Coverage Data when Running Web/Load Tests

This blog post will show you how to collect code coverage data from your asp.net applications while...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 07/08/2008

Sharing Test Results

Check out this blog post for how to share test results:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/12/2008

Sharing Results

This blog will just point out the ability to save out results of a set of tests. For example, you...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/12/2008

How to create a custom counter set

The following blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/04/2008

Creating custom counter sets

This blog post will describe how to create custom counter sets. First let me start with what a...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 05/04/2008

Access Methods in Web Test Data Sources

The following blog post will discuss access methods in data sources and what happens when you run a...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 03/14/2008

Description of Access methods in data sources

This blog post will discuss the access methods of data sources. Data sources are used when you want...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 03/14/2008

Description of web test execution

This blog post will describe what happens and what does not happen when a web test executes:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 01/03/2008

Web tests work at the HTTP layer

This blog post will explain how web tests work. The main thing to understand about VSTS web tests is...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/29/2007

Article for authoring and debugging VS2008 Web Tests

Check out this great post by Ed Glas for a lot of valuable information for debugging web tests:...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 12/02/2007

Debugging Load Test Errors

This blog post will walk you through how to debug one type of error that may appear during your load...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/19/2007

Debugging errors in Load Test

One of the common questions I get is similar to this: “My web test runs fine when it is run by...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 11/19/2007

Modeling multiple user groups within a load test

Check out this post for how to use multiple load test scenarios to model multiple user groups within...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 09/10/2007

Using mutliple scenarios in a load test to model user load for different groups

I have seen a few questions about when using load tests how to get a certain number of users...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 09/10/2007

Generating 90th and 95th percentile data as well as how to collect timing details for every single page, test and transaction

Checkout this blog post for information on how to collect timing details about every page, test and...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 07/06/2007

How to get 90th and 95th percentile information as well as timing details for every page, test and transcation

This blog post will show you how to collect timing information for every single page, test and...

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 07/06/2007

What's new in Orcas Posts

Check out this post for links to more information about new features in Orcas: New Features

Author: slumley MSFT Date: 07/02/2007

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