John_Stallo details Azure App Testing, a unified Azure Portal service enabling AI-powered load and end-to-end test automation. Learn how developers can use Playwright, JMeter, Locust, GitHub Copilot, and Azure-native scaling for application quality and performance.

Azure App Testing: Unified AI-Driven Load and E2E Testing in the Cloud

Azure App Testing is a new Azure Portal service enabling developer and QA teams to run large-scale functional and performance tests across popular frameworks like Playwright, JMeter, or Locust. This solution unifies two major testing capabilities—Azure Load Testing and Microsoft Playwright Testing—offering a single platform for resource provisioning, access control, and consolidated billing.

Key Benefits

  • AI-Driven Testing: Accelerate test authoring and insights using AI-powered tooling, including integrations with GitHub Copilot Agent mode.
  • Limitless Scale: Simulate real-world traffic from multiple regions, run highly parallel, cross-browser end-to-end web tests.
  • Infrastructure-Free Execution: Azure handles all provisioning, scaling, and maintenance.

Core Capabilities

Load Testing

  • Use JMeter or Locust to simulate high-scale traffic and identify bottlenecks.
  • Author and maintain tests in VS Code with GitHub Copilot Agent mode.
  • Gain AI-powered insights for issue detection and remediation (details).
  • Run load tests targeting public and private endpoints, or initiate URL-based tests directly in the portal.

Playwright Workspaces

  • Develop and run scalable, cross-browser end-to-end tests without managing infrastructure.
  • Utilize Playwright’s VS Code extension, Codegen, and Playwright MCP with AI-assisted support.
  • Execute tests in parallel on Windows or Linux, and all major browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit).
  • Integrate continuous testing into CI pipelines for fast feedback and early regression detection.

Getting Started

  1. Log into the Azure Portal and search for Azure App Testing.
  2. Select the service and create workspaces for load or end-to-end testing as needed.
  3. Start authoring and running tests at scale.

Quickstarts

Playwright Workspace Quickstarts

Migration and Guidance

  • Current Azure Load Testing users: No immediate changes—existing resources and tests continue under the new hub.
  • Current Playwright Testing users: Migrate workloads to Playwright Workspaces in Azure App Testing. See the migration guide.

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Author: John_Stallo, Microsoft

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