Distributed Testing To properly test an application, it may be necessary to see how it performs under a heavy load. With Visual Studio 2005, you can do this by using distributed remote load testing. In a distributed load test, multiple machines, known as agents, are used to simulate a heavy load on an application. The test is controlled from a single server called the controller. This configuration can be invaluable in scenarios where a server application is required to serve requests from several clients simultaneously. Distributed load testing can be configured from within Visual Studio 2005. When a load test is created, the tester specifies agent computers to be configured for the test. There are a variety of flexible criteria provided to the tester, including the number of users and the ability to simulate a regularly increasing load. Configuring a load test to run remotely as a distributed test