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Load testing on Azure App Service

Load testing on Azure App Service - Azure Tutorial

From the course: Azure Essential Training for Developers

Load testing on Azure App Service

- [Speaker] Ensuring your application can handle real-world user traffic is crucial for a smooth and reliable user experience. Load testing helps us achieve that by simulating various traffic patterns and loads to identify a performance bottlenecks and potential breaking points. By the end of this video, you'll understand the importance of load testing. You'll also learn how to create and run load tests directly from the Azure portal specifically within your app service instance. Imagine your newly launched application suddenly experiences a surge in users due to a viral video. Without proper load testing, you might encounter several issues. Most common is slow response times. Users might experience delays leading to a frustrating and poor user-experience, or worse potential abandonment. Another issue is application crashes. Under heavy load, your application might become unstable and crash resulting in downtime and data…

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