Visual Studio Profiler Team Blog
Another welcome...
Chris Schmich, a former intern on our team, is now back in town and working full time on the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/27/2007
Welcoming Colin to the profiler team
We recently added a new team member here in profiler land and he’s up and kicking with a blog...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/11/2007
Introducing new Visual Studio Profiler Features in the Orcas Beta
Hey all, I'm rolling out a new series of articles about the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/03/2007
New FAQs posted for the profiler and code coverage tools
I've just posted a couple of FAQs to answer the most common profiler and code coverage questions...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/19/2006
The Value of Team System to C++/Native Win32 developers
A common question asked of Team System developers is, "What does Team System offer me for my native...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/19/2006
Welcome John Lyon-Smith
John Lyon-Smith, a new hire for our team, has just started up his blog. Check out his first entry on...
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/10/2005
Profiler improvements in the July CTP release of Visual Studio Team System
Wondering if you should move from the Beta 2 release of Visual Studio Team System to the new July...
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/02/2005
AngryRichard on Profiling Windows Services
It's one of the most frequently asked internal support questions. This should help with the learning...
Author: profiler1 Date: 07/29/2005
New team blog posts
There are a couple of new posts from some of the profiler team members: Steve Carroll answers the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 07/25/2005
Maxim's Blog
Maxim Goldin, a developer here on the profiler team, has just started up his blog. Check out his...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/28/2005
The Profiling Team’s Greatest Hits: Volume One
Here is an article that links to all the walkthroughs and technical articles from various team...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/09/2005
Beta2 - Profiling a unit test in progress
If you are using Visual Studio Team System Beta 2 and using the profiler on unit tests, there is a...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/07/2005
Offroad ASP.net profiling
Interested in profiling an ASP.net application outside of the IDE? Or in some special configuration?...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/12/2005
Gray...it's the new Black
David Gray is an early Microsoft employee who left the company several years ago, but he has...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/26/2005
Profiling ASP.NET apps with the help of unit and load tests
OK, so it's not quite the cure for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, but here is the basic process of...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/21/2005
ASP.NET Profiling
Here's the latest on profiling ASP.NET 2.0 applications on Beta 2:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/21/2005
Profiling FAQs
Scarroll has posted up some FAQs to answer some common questions that we are asked about the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/14/2005
Job Opening on the Profiler Team!
We're hiring! If you're passionate about performance tools and want to be a developer on the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/13/2005
Going off-road with Code Coverage
The first of Joc's series of posts on going "off-road" with the dynamic analysis tools has been...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/13/2005
Analyzing a performance report in the IDE: Parts three and four
The final two parts of my walkthrough for using the IDE to analyze a performance report are posted...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/08/2005
Going "off-road" with the profiler
Keep your eyes on Joc’s blog. He’s starting up a series of posts on how to use our profiler...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/08/2005
when to choose sampling or instrumentation
Some thoughts on the basic differences between sampling and instrumentation:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 04/07/2005
Visual Studio Team System Webcasts
Interested in finding out more about the upcoming Visual Studio Team System 2005? Then check out...
Author: profiler1 Date: 03/30/2005
Analyzing a performance report in the IDE
Here are parts one and two in a series of walkthroughs detailing the various views that the IDE...
Author: profiler1 Date: 03/15/2005
Rico Mariani has created a Perf Wiki on Channel 9
Rico Mariani has started up a Perf Wiki on Microsoft’s Channel 9 community website. He’s started it...
Author: profiler1 Date: 03/09/2005
Larry Osterman on concurrency and scalability
Larry Osterman is doing a really great series on concurrency and scalability issues. He's touching...
Author: profiler1 Date: 03/08/2005
profiler video on channel 9
Here's a video that Ian put together on the profiler, check it out:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 03/07/2005
Using the new Visual Studio Team System Profiler in the IDE - Part 1
Ian has done a decent writeup on his blog with screenshots on how to the profiler is used within the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 02/11/2005
Sequential File Programming Patterns and Performance with .NET
"Programming patterns for sequential file access in the .NET Framework are described and the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 01/28/2005
we've got a newsgroup
We're now monitoring microsoft.private.whidbey.teamsystem.developer - if you have a question or...
Author: profiler1 Date: 01/18/2005
Disk Subsystem Performance Analysis for Windows
Great primer on the art of analyzing storage subsystem performance:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 01/11/2005
VSTS Enterprise Dev and Test Tools Public Chat
VSTS Enterprise Dev and Test Tools Public Chat Join the Visual Studio Team System's Enterprise...
Author: profiler1 Date: 01/10/2005
".NET Code Tuning: Make Your Apps Fly with the New Enterprise Performance Tool"
There's a particularly fine article on Enterprise Performance Tools inside the December 2004 issue...
Author: profiler1 Date: 11/10/2004
Improving .NET Application Performance and Scalability
This is making the rounds internally and worth posting here. Not brand new - but just due to the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/24/2004
test your skills
Rico posts some fun performance quizzes on his blog:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/20/2004
How to try out Instrumentation on a Virtual PC
I just noticed that richard posted on using VPC to try out instrumentation on his personal blog.
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/06/2004
What is the difference between Elapsed and Application Time?!
This is the second in my series of posts on what the heck all these numbers mean in the profiler. In...
Author: profiler1 Date: 08/04/2004
Profiling From the Command Line
General Tips: /? is your friend. Until formal docs are written, you can see all the parameters that...
Author: profiler1 Date: 07/29/2004
Walkthroughs posted
Rob Caron has posted a walkthrough for the profiler at the gotdotnet workspace. It is entitled...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/11/2004
VS Quick Tip handy for profilers
Recently we had some feedback that it was tough to get enough information from the performance...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/10/2004
What are Exclusive and Inclusive?!
I wanted to address our most frequently asked question here. In the profiler reports we always...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/09/2004
Visual Studio Team System TechEd 2004 General Session Demo
FYI - This is a video recording of the general session demo on Visual Studio Team System given at...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/07/2004
A misconception and a brief geneology
I saw a misconception on a blog summary of our DEV302 talk at TechEd that I wanted to clarify. The...
Author: profiler1 Date: 06/01/2004
Tech-ed Reminder: DEV302 session, Thursday 5/27 1:30pm
I just wanted to toss up a reminder for anyone interested in the profiler to please go see our PM...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/26/2004
Managing how you Profile .Net Code
There are three environment variables needed for a .Net application you wish to profile. The...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/25/2004
profiler video clips
Here's a video clip of the profiler at work:...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/25/2004
.csv files from vsperfreport.exe
Just this morning someone on an internal microsoft list pointed me to a promising looking (and free)...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/25/2004
Profiling is great! ... What does it do?
The profiler has been gone from Visual Studio for awhile. I think... 6.0? Or maybe even 5.0 was the...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/24/2004
running from the command line
Typically, you can run the "Visual Studio Command Prompt" shortcut from the start menu and then have...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/24/2004
tech ed 2004
Well, our trusty PM is at Tech Ed, and the rest of us are sitting back at a safe distance in...
Author: profiler1 Date: 05/24/2004