Dave's Team System Blog : VSTE Software Tester

Setting up a reporting site in SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition

dscruggs — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:58:14 GMT

I wanted to set up a load test reporting site, using the samples at http://www.codeplex.com/loadtestreports . On my host OS, I have IIS 7 and SQL Server 2008 Developer Edition, so it was a slightly different setup. If you’re going to develop any...(read more)

When your web test recorder doesn’t show up

dscruggs — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:41:00 GMT

I typically run a 64-bit OS, so I occasionally see an issue with the Web Test Recorder explorer bar. For example, the Web Test Recorder explorer bar wasn’t coming up during a test. When I added the explorer bar manually, it wasn’t capturing...(read more)

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, and Some of the Effects

dscruggs — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:03:31 GMT

Some of you might have seen an error like Could not load type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.WorkItemTypeDeniedOrNotExistException' from assembly 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'...(read more)

Advanced issues for VSTS testers - Cross posts

dscruggs — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:00:58 GMT

The guys over at SRL in Israel have posted some nifty topics on advanced testing ( click here ). The one I love is "Collecting performance counters from UNIX during VS load test", below: Logon once and perform a number of tests Creating customized manual...(read more)

Sync points in Team System Load Tests

dscruggs — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:25:00 GMT

Sync points are something you can use to drive heavy load on a system. In some other tools, they're called "Rendezvous points". For example, you could have every user adding items to shopping carts at their own pace, then synchronizing so that they all...(read more)