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Run Azure Load Testing on Azure App Service web apps
Target availability: Q2 2024
Load test your web apps directly from Azure App Service in Azure portal.
Azure Load Testing availability in Fairfax (USGov Virginia)
Target availability: Q2 2024
Azure Load Testing GA in Fairfax cloud - USGov Virginia. US Government customers on the Fairfax cloud can now use Azure Load Testing to simplify their end-to-end load testing process.
February 2024
Public preview: Configuration-as-code customizations in Microsoft Dev Box
Customization enables developers to efficiently configure workstations to their exact project requirements, within guardrails set by admins that enforce governance and security policies.
January 2024
Create tests by adding HTTP requests in Azure Load Testing
Azure Load Testing now supports creating load tests by HTTP requests.
Azure Load Testing supports Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter
With Azure Load Testing, you can now measure response time as experienced by the end user leveraging the Web Driver Sampler plugin for Apache JMeter
November 2023
General Availability of Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider
Azure App Configuration Kubernetes Provider lets you centrally configure the applications running in Kubernetes clusters. The latest version offers workload identity authentication in the provider and dynamic refresh of the configuration data.
Introducing New Capabilities in Microsoft Dev Box
Target availability: Q4 2023
Microsoft Dev Box is introducing new capabilities to support greater customization and simplify Dev Box setup for development teams.
Introducing New Capabilities in Azure Deployment Environments
Target availability: Q4 2023
Azure Deployment Environments is adding new capabilities to deliver an end-to-end developer experience, broader infrastructure-as-code (IaC) template support, and the ability to control costs by configuring auto-delete schedules.
September 2023
Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India
Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Southeast Asia, Canada Central, Germany West Central and Central India.
General Availability: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Learn how to enable GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning in Azure DevOps and connect to Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
View trends of client-side metrics across test runs in Azure Load Testing
In Azure Load Testing, you can now view how metrics change over your test runs. You can also set a baseline for test results and compare trends to it.
Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal
Configure load testing in your CI/CD pipeline from Azure portal in just a few steps.
Azure Load Testing now supports uploading large files as ZIP
Azure Load Testing now supports uploading files greater than 50 MB by compressing them into a ZIP file.
Move Azure Load Testing resources across resource groups and subscriptions
Azure Load Testing resources can now move across resource groups and subscriptions without losing tests /test runs.
August 2023
Azure App Configuration - public preview release of snapshots feature
Key-value pairs from App Config store ensure controlled deployments.
Generally available: Azure Load Testing in Japan East and Brazil South
Azure Load Testing is in generally available in Japan East and Brazil South.
Azure Load Testing: Now supports JMeter backend listeners
Azure Load Testing now supports JMeter backend listeners, so you can now configure a backend listener to export load test results to a data store, of your choice.
Azure Load Testing: Run tests for up to 24 hours
Azure Load Testing now enables running tests for durations up to 24 hours.
Azure Load Testing: Create and manage tests and test runs using Azure CLI
Azure Load Testing now supports managing tests and test runs from Azure CLI
Azure Load Testing: Run tests with 100,000 virtual users
Azure Load Testing now supports running tests with 100,000 virtual users, using up to 400 engine instances.
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