Diagnosing Issues in Production with IntelliTrace and Visual Studio 11 Version: 1.2.0 Description In this lab, you will learn how Visual Studio 11 will extend the capabilities of IntelliTrace beyond the development and testing organizations by providing IT administrators with the ability to capture IntelliTrace files running from production servers. These files can then be analyzed by developers to help diagnose production issues. Overview IntelliTrace – first released in Visual Studio 2010 – changed the game for debugging by allowing developers to step “back in time” to see how an application got into its current state. By exposing events such as file and registry access, exceptions, and method calls, an IntelliTrace file can provide a detailed view into application behavior. In this lab, you will learn how Visual Studio 11 will extend the capabilities of IntelliTrace beyond the development and testing organizations by providing IT administrators with the ability to capture IntelliTrace files running from production servers. These files can then be analyzed by developers to help diagnose production issues. Prerequisites In order to complete this lab you will need the Visual Studio 11 virtual machine provided by Microsoft. For more information on acquiring and using this virtual machine, please see this blog post. About the Fabrikam Fiber Scenario This set of hands-on-labs uses a fictional company, Fabrikam Fiber, as a backdrop to the scenarios you are learning about. Fabrikam Fiber provides cable television and related services to the United States. They are growing rapidly and have embraced Windows Azure to scale their customer-facing web site directly to end-users to allow them to self-service tickets and track technicians. They also use an on-premises ASP.NET MVC application for their customer service representatives to administer customer orders. In this set of hands-on labs, you will take part in a number of scenarios that involve the development and testing team at Fabrikam Fiber. The team, which consists of 8-10 people, has decided to use Visual Studio application lifecycle management tools to manage their source code, run their builds, test their web sites, and plan and track the project. Exercises This hands-on lab includes the following exercises: Using IntelliTrace in Production Debugging with IntelliTrace Files from Production Estimated time to complete this lab: 60 minutes. next >

Downloads Download Hands-on Lab Document (DOCX) Contents Overview Exercise 1: Using IntelliTrace in Production Exercise 2: Debugging with IntelliTrace Files from Production