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The shift from stand-alone desktop applications to Web-enabled applications that accommodate hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users makes performance testing critical. Find out how to make your Microsoft® .NET-based applications perform as well as or better than traditional desktop applications with this book—written by the Microsoft team that tests and tunes hundreds of Web sites and Web-based applications. You’ll learn how to take advantage of the best available tools to plan and execute performance tests, configure profile tools, analyze performance data from Microsoft Internet Information Services, Microsoft ASP.NET, managed code, the SQL tier, and more. You’ll also learn how to use the testing methodology that Microsoft uses to stress test its own sites—some of the most popular, high-performance Web sites in the world.

Topics covered include:

The testing methodology used on Microsoft.com, Xbox™.com, and other high-volume sites
Planning the performance test
Stress testing with Microsoft Application Center Test (ACT)
Monitoring application performance with Performance Monitor
Testing Web site security
Application Network Analysis
Analyzing the Web tier
Analyzing managed code
Analyzing the SQL tier
Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA)

INCLUDED ON CD-ROM:

A fully searchable electronic copy of the book
Scripts that test the performance of IbuySpy.com

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About the Author

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq ‘MSFT’) is the worldwide leader in software for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software—any time, any place and on any device.

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Now that Microsoft's.NET strategy has made it possible for us to connect information, devices, and people in a unified way, Web-enabling traditional desktop applications are no longer an option but a requirement. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars The only but Best Book I have seen, Dec 4 2003

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Tareq Muhammed (Cairo, Egypt) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications (Hardcover)

This is the First book that discuss testing web application using Microsoft ACT (which I find not the best testing tool, see Astra Load Test, it is perfect).
the book will divide the testing to phases and tiers, for example it dicusses how to optimized and find bottle neck in web tier (ASP.net Code), managed code and SQL server.

I didn't find anther book that discuss "Stress Testing ASP.net" application.

The will tell you how the found the "Memory Leakage" and they will tell you their exprience in finding problems with web sites.

If you r intented to "know" how to stress test you application, buy this book now

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not great, Nov 7 2003

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Kenneth Witmyer "kmw" (Greenwich, CT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications (Hardcover)

I had pretty high hopes for this book and was therefore a bit disappointed. The book focused heavily on several testing suites (ACT, Application Expert, Indy) which good from the standpoint of learning about the tools that are out there. Of course, it's not terribly useful if you can't get your hands on those suites.

The parts of the book that focused on non-application specific performance testing concepts were generally weak and didn't go into enough detail. It would have been nice to see some of the testing documentation that the book refers to, but no such luck.

One thing I found particularly annoying was in the description of the various Performance Monitor objects. The various descriptions offered in the book were EXACTLY the same as the text that is produced by clicking on the "explain" button in the "Add Counters" dialog of perfmon.

With that said, the book is cheap and a quick read. It's probably worth buying, but don't get your hopes up that you'll be doing any serious performance testing after reading it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Approach and Tips For Performance Testing, Oct 21 2003

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IAN KLUKE (HULL, QC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications (Hardcover)

Although I have not read this book extensively, I have still found sound advice in its pages. This book is a great guide to anyone who wishes to learn more about, or conduct Performance Testing. From Bottle necks to security, this books covers a broad range of subjects. For a reliable source of testing information, directed towards web applications and more, refer to this book. Thank you.

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