Cloud-based load testing service end of life
Feb 22, 2019Jamie Cool
Summary
This post announces the deprecation of the cloud-based load testing service in Azure DevOps, scheduled for shutdown on March 31st, 2020. It also details the deprecation of load test functionality in Visual Studio 2019 and the associated Test Controller/Test Agent for on-premises load testing. The post provides a timeline for these deprecations and suggests alternatives such as Azure Load Testing, Apache JMeter, and commercial tools. It also outlines how existing load tests can be migrated or run using self-hosted agents.
More from the Azure Load Testing trail
- Integrate Azure Load Testing into Azure DevOps
- Cloud-load testing service is hyper-scale ready: lessons from generating 1M concurrent user load
- Run cloud-based load tests using your own machines (a.k.a. Bring your own subscription)
- Testing private/intranet applications using Cloud-based load testing
- Use cloud load agents on your infrastructure