description Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test Overview
Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test is a tool within the Visual Studio suite enabling users to simulate heavy traffic on web applications and services to assess performance and identify bottlenecks under stress.
help Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test FAQ
Is Visual Studio Load Test still supported?
No. Web performance and load testing were deprecated in Visual Studio 2019 and removed from Visual Studio 2022 entirely, and Microsoft also retired its cloud-based load testing service. Existing users have needed to migrate elsewhere.
What replaced Visual Studio Load Test?
Microsoft's recommended successor is Azure Load Testing, which is built on Apache JMeter. Open-source tools like JMeter, Gatling, and k6 are the common migration paths for former Visual Studio users.
Which Visual Studio edition was required for load testing?
Load testing required Visual Studio Enterprise, the top-tier edition, not Professional or Community. That licensing cost was one reason many teams ran JMeter instead.
How did Visual Studio load tests simulate users?
They replayed recorded web tests across test agents and controllers to generate thousands of simulated users, collecting counters and response-time percentiles to find bottlenecks. That distributed rig was retired along with the rest of the feature.
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