Install Web Performance and Load Test Project Template into Visual Studio Professional 2012

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

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.

Answer 2

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