Install Web Performance and Load Test Project Temp

Question

I want to do load testing inside Visual Studio Professional 2012. According to the tutorial here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/ms182551.aspx, under File > Add > New Project > Installed Templates > Visual C# > Test there should be a project template called Web Performance and Load Test Project.

But there is none in my tool. VS only presents Unit Test as here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103580364/temp/pordiva000005.jpg

I searched inside online templates the keyword "performance" but there was no such a template again:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/103580364/temp/pordiva000006.jpg

How can I find and install that project template called Web Performance and Load Test Project?

Answer 1

In addition to @AdrianHHH answer: Running Visual Studio 2015 you will find it in the renamed Enterprise Edition.

VS2015 reduces to three versions:

• Visual Studio Community Free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers
• Visual Studio Professional Professional developer tools, services, and subscription benefits for small teams
• Visual Studio Enterprise End-to-end solution to meet demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all sizes

Basic info at Visual Studio 2015 pricing

In detail at Visual Studio 2015 Licensing White Paper

Answer 2

I believe you cannot do that. Web performance and load tests are only available within Visual Studio Ultimate edition. See http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/compare

In summary, there are five version of Visual Studio

• Express, the free version. Limited in functionality. Does not support extensions.
• Professional, has most of the development tools.
• Premium, adds Coded UI testing

• Ultimate, adds web performance and load testing.

• Test professional, has some test tools but no development tools.