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March 2023

Mar 16

Azure Load Testing support for JMeter 5.5

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing now uses Apache JMeter version 5.5 for running load tests.

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  • Features

February 2023

Feb 1

General Availability: Microsoft Azure Load Testing is now Generally Available

NOW AVAILABLE

Azure Load Testing is now Generally Available. Get started with Azure Load Testing today.

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October 2022

Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports authenticating with client certificates

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing now enables you to authenticate to application endpoints which require a client certificate for authentication.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Features
Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Compliance
Oct 26

Public preview: Azure Load Testing in West Europe

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing is in public preview in West Europe.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services

September 2022

Sep 14

Public preview: Azure Load Testing in UK South

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing is in public preview in UK South.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services

August 2022

Aug 17

Public preview: Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports private endpoints testing

IN PREVIEW

With Azure Load Testing, you can now run load tests against private endpoints - endpoints deployed in a virtual network, public endpoints with access restrictions (restricting client IP addresses, etc.)

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Aug 3

Public preview: Azure Load Testing in West US 2

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing is in public preview in West US 2.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services

July 2022

Jul 19

Public preview: Azure Load Testing - additional metrics for pass/fail criteria

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing now supports additional client metrics (in addition to response time and error percentage) and aggregate functions on client metrics to define pass/fail criteria for a test.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Features
Jul 19

Public preview: Azure Load Testing now displays load engine health metrics

IN PREVIEW

You can view engine health metrics to understand the performance of the test engine during the run, enabling confidence in the test results and better test configuration.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Features

June 2022

Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user specified JMeter properties

IN PREVIEW

Azure Load Testing preview now supports user specified JMeter properties, making load tests more configurable.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports splitting input data across test engines

IN PREVIEW

You can now configure your test to automatically split large input data evenly across the test engine instances.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports quick start tests with web URL

IN PREVIEW

You can now create load tests quickly without prior knowledge of testing tools by entering your URL in the Azure Load Testing resource from the Azure portal.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for customer-managed keys

IN PREVIEW

You can now add another layer of security by bringing your own customer-managed keys.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features
Jun 8

Public preview: Azure Load Testing support for user-assigned managed identities

IN PREVIEW

Use Azure AD managed identities with Azure Load Testing Preview to easily access other AAD-protected resources, like Azure Key Vault. Both system-assigned and user-assigned managed identities are now supported.

  • Azure Load Testing
  • Services
  • Features

November 2021

Nov 30

Azure Load Testing now available in public preview

IN PREVIEW

You can now generate high scale load with ease and integrate it into existing CI/CD workflows.

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