Step 2: Configure Load Test Controller and Agent Computers

Overview

Visual Studio can generate load simulating up to 250 virtual users on a local load test run. To simulate more than 250 virtual users and/or to initiate testing from a remote computer requires Visual Studio Load Test Virtual User.

All load testing performed for this guide was initiated from two computers:

• One computer running as both a Load Test Controller and a Load Test Agent.

• Another computer running as a Load Test Agent only.

  Test results were stored in a remote load test results repository in a SQL Server database.

  For more information about using test controllers and test agents to distribute load tests across multiple test machines, see Distributing Load Tests Across Multiple Test Machines Using Test Controllers and Test Agents.

Install and Configure the Load Test Controller and Load Test Agents

To install and configure the load test controller and load test agents, see Install and configure test agents.