I am happy to say that VS 2010 is generally available starting today! Go to the Visual Studio home page for information.
As you are probably aware, we put a huge investment in our testing products into this release. I outlined the new features with my post Elevating the Role of the Tester with Visual Studio 2010. The Visual Studio Team Test blog is a great place to keep up with these features, as is our fantastic online documentation rooted here: Testing the Application.
For those of you doing performance testing, my team has been working very hard these past two years to deliver a boat load of new features to you in this release. Early customer feedback shows that these features will dramatically improve your productivity. Here is a list of links to blog posts and documentation on what’s new in VS 2010 for performance testers.
What’s new in VS 2010
What's New for Web Performance and Load Testing
Product Transitions from VS 2008 to VS 2010 for Load Testing
Introducing the Microsoft Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User Pack 2010
Elevating the Role of the Tester with Visual Studio 2010
Web Test Debugging
Web Test Authoring and Debugging Techniques for Visual Studio 2010
Debugging a Web Test with VS 2010
Walkthrough: Correlating Dynamic Parameters
Web Test Recorder
How to: Create a Recorder Plug-In
Adding Your Own Web Test Recorder Plugin to Make Record/Playback “Just Work”
Web Test Recorder Plug-in
Convert Comments entered in Web Test Recorder into Transactions
Extensible recorder plugins for modifying recorded web tests
How to: View Recording Log in Web Performance Test Playback
VSTS 2010 Feature: View Recording Log in Web Test Playback Window
New Tools Options for the Recorder
More Recorder Enhancements in VS 2010
VSTS 2010 Feature: File Upload record/playback just works
Web Test Editor
How to: Set Request Details in a Web Performance Test
Request Details Editor
Find/Replace in Web Test Editor
Adding Loop and Branch Logic to Web Requests in Web Performance Tests
Branching and Looping in Declarative Web Tests
Looping and Branching in Web Tests
Request Body Plugins
How to: Create a Custom HTTP Body Editor for the Web Performance Test Editor
How to: Use Reporting Names to Easily Identify Requests in a Web Performance Test
Web Test Result Viewer
How to: Create a Visual Studio Add-In for the Web Performance Test Results Viewer
Extensible Web test result viewer plugins
Tracking viewstate using a webtest playback add-in
Result Viewer Plugins
How to: Resolve Web Performance Test Playback Issues Caused by Dynamic Parameters
How to: Jump to Web Request from the Web Performance Test Playback
How to: Add an Extraction Rule from the Web Performance Test Playback
API for Processing Web Test Results
Enhancements for Web Test Playback UI
Load Test Modeling
VSTS 2010 Feature: Sequential Test Mix
VSTS 2010 Feature: More flexible load modeling via new options on Load Test Scenarios
Configuring Test Iterations in a Load Test Scenario
How to: Delay the Start Time of a Scenario Using the Load Test Editor
Multiple Loadtest Plug-ins
Creating and Using Custom Plug-ins for Load and Web Performance Tests
Load Test Analysis
Using The Virtual User Activity Chart to Understand the VS Load Engine
Load test virtual user activity visualization
Modifying Load Test Logging Settings
Saving Test Logs during a load test
How to: Specify if Test Failures are Saved to Test Logs Using the Load Test Editor
Deep integration with the ASP.NET profiler
Deep integration with dynaTrace
How to: Configure Event Log Collection Using Test Settings
Create a Simple Data Collector to Integrate Data into Load Test Analyzer (Tables View)
Integrate Data Collector Data into Load Test Analyzer (Tables View)
Performance Reporting
Performance Reporting in Excel
Reporting Load Tests Results for Comparison or Trend Analysis
Agent/Controller
VS 2010 Test Agent and Test Controller Troubleshooting Guide
VSTS 2010 Feature: Silent Installation of Controller and Agent
Process Model Changes in VS 2010
How to: Specify 64-Bit Process Using Test Settings
Network Emulation
How to: Configure Network Emulation Using Test Settings
Introducing True Network Emulation in Visual Studio 2010
Stand-Alone Network Emulation and CodePlex
Specifying Virtual Network Types in a Load Test Scenario
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