Visual Studio Ultimate can use physical or virtual machines to generate simulated load for your app. These machines must be set up as a single test controller and one or more test agents. You can use the test controller and test agents to generate more load than a single computer can generate alone.
Don’t want to use your resources and set up your own machines to create this load? You can use cloud-based load testing to provide virtual machines in the cloud that generate the load of many users accessing your web site at the same time. All you need is a Visual Studio Online account. Learn more about this cloud-based load testing service that provides 15,000 free virtual user minutes of load testing every month.
Requirements
- Visual Studio Ultimate
Tasks for On-Premises Test Controllers and Test Agents
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Configure test agents and controllers: You can use test controllers and test agents to configure tests to run remotely on one or more computers. |
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Create and select a test setting that uses test controllers and agents: After you install and configure test controllers and test agents, you must create a new test setting that uses the test controller and test agents to run your load test in a distributed environment. |
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Troubleshooting test controllers and test agents: If you encounter issues while you are using test controllers and test agents in your load test, you can review the troubleshooting material covered in the documentation. |
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Running a load test using test controller and tests agents: After you have created a test setting that uses a controller and one or more agents, you can configure Visual Studio Ultimate to use the test setting and run your load test. |
External resources
Guidance
Testing for Continuous Delivery with Visual Studio 2012 – Chapter 6: A Testing Toolbox
See Also
Tasks
Walkthrough: Using a Test Controller and Test Agents in a Load Test