We've been doing this in "Performance Tester Land" for as long as there have been multi-user applications. Thing is, we actually do it rather systematically and against various application layers. I guess takes some folks a while to realize that the wheel has probably already been invented and that maybe it makes sense to talk to some of the folks who are using/building wheels to help evolve the wheel instead of starting over again... and again... and again... and....
... one good tester, an open mind and a week. There is almost always a simpler/cheaper solution than "adopt MS's newest buzzword" and testers love to find those solutions!
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We've been doing this in "Performance Tester Land" for as long as there have been multi-user applications. Thing is, we actually do it rather systematically and against various application layers. I guess takes some folks a while to realize that the wheel has probably already been invented and that maybe it makes sense to talk to some of the folks who are using/building wheels to help evolve the wheel instead of starting over again... and again... and again... and....
... one good tester, an open mind and a week. There is almost always a simpler/cheaper solution than "adopt MS's newest buzzword" and testers love to find those solutions!