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VSTS 2010 Load Test Feature – Multiple Loadtest Plug-ins

  If you haven’t yet heard, Visual Studio Team System 2010 has reached Beta 1 and is available for public download.  (You can find a copy of it here ).  Over the next few days my colleagues and I will be writing up information about some Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 5:22 PM by Mike Taute | 1 Comments

Diagnosing and fixing Web Test recorder bar issues.

Since VSTS 2005 shipped there have been a variety of different questions raised by customers over the years. One topic which comes up somewhat frequently is a disabled or nonexistent web test recorder bar when recording web tests. Since it can be frustrating Read More...

Posted Friday, November 09, 2007 5:20 PM by Mike Taute | 10 Comments

New Web Test Features in Visual Studio Team System for Software Testers 2008

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 is just around the corner and here is a summary of a few of the upcoming features you'll see: Support for initialization and termination tests per virtual user. In the past it's been difficult to manage operations which only Read More...

Posted Thursday, June 21, 2007 3:50 PM by Mike Taute | 4 Comments

Managing goal-based load using multiple perfcounter thresholds

As promised, here is a sample plug-in that I wrote a few months ago which people here may find useful. The purpose of this plug-in is to expand the functionality of goal-based load which ships with Visual Studio team test to allow you to have your load Read More...

Posted Friday, December 15, 2006 5:12 PM by Mike Taute | 1 Comments

A new beginning.

Hi all, I recently joined the Visual Studio Team Test group as a Software Design Engineer in Test. After spending the last 9 years working on various portions of Office, the developer organization is a breath of fresh air. From time to time I will update Read More...

Posted Friday, December 15, 2006 4:13 PM by Mike Taute | 0 Comments