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How does a test harness work? Why are these results different than those? The best way to figure things out is to try them out...

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2017 1

  1. Geoffgr's blogs are moving to a new site

2016 3

  1. Which comes first, the Process or the Tool?
  2. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 6–Data Warehousing)
  3. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 5– The Slicing of Data)

2015 7

  1. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 4–Building Better Views)
  2. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 3–Excel Reporting)
  3. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 1–Intro to the Schema)
  4. Dissecting the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database (Part 2–Stored Procs and Default Reporting)
  5. How Does the User Pacing model differ from the Number of Tests Started model
  6. All About Load Test Results and the Results DB (Part 5–Requests vs. Pages vs. Transactions
  7. Should I Setup My Rig Outside of My Environment’s DMZ?

2014 16

  1. [FIXED] Importing and Exporting Perfmon Counters [download]
  2. Code Snippets, Templates and Perfmon Countersets [download]
  3. OFF TOPIC: Introducing the Premier Developer Blog Site
  4. All About Load Test Planning (Part 5-Load Profile Additional Considerations)
  5. All About Load Test Planning (Part 4-Building the Load Profile)
  6. All About Load Test Planning (Part 3-Proper Use Cases and Scenarios)
  7. All About Load Test Planning (Part 2-Load Patterns and Data Considerations)
  8. All About Load Test Planning (Part 1–Introduction)
  9. Off Topic – Using Outlook to Manage Tasks
  10. [UPDATED] Adding Timers to Coded UI tests running in Load Tests
  11. (UPDATED) How can I create thousands of clients to execute an End To End load test?
  12. "Extrapolation, Educated Guesses and Dart Boards, Oh My"
  13. To “Think” or “Not to Think”
  14. All About Load Test Results and the Results DB (Part 4 – What Are the Numbers Really Telling Me?)
  15. All About Load Test Results and the Results DB (Part 3 – What Results Should I Use When Reporting Back To Management?)
  16. Off Topic - Microsoft Surface Pro II review

2013 8

  1. All About Caching and How Visual Studio Simulates Browser Caches
  2. All About Load Test Results and the Results DB (Part 2 - Why Do The Results Conflict With Each Other)
  3. All About Load Test Results and the Results DB (Part 1 - How Is The Data Calculated and Stored)
  4. How to Export Perfmon Counter Values from the Visual Studio Load Test Results Database
  5. How many vUsers can my machine run?
  6. Explanation of V.S. Load Test warm-up, load patterns, and cool-down, and how this affects the reported results
  7. Explanation of “Off-Box Inclusive Testing” and how it impacts results and troubleshooting
  8. Random Data Generator