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Azure Load Testing

Managed JMeter / URL-based load tests.

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Overview

Azure Load Testing runs JMeter scripts at scale from selected regions with auto-stop conditions and metrics integration.

When to use it

  • Performance gates in CI
  • Pre-release stress testing

Setup

  1. Create Azure Load Testing resource.
  2. Upload .jmx or define URL tests.
  3. Configure pass/fail criteria (e.g. p95 < 800ms).

How to use

Run from pipeline
- task: AzureLoadTest@1
  inputs:
    loadTestConfigFile: 'config.yaml'
    resourceGroup: qa-rg
    loadTestResource: 'perf-tests'

QA use cases

  • Block release if p95 regressed >20% vs baseline.