{"id":6299,"date":"2020-07-03T12:42:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2025-04-04T10:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:02:52","slug":"load-testing-with-microsoft-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/2020\/07\/load-testing-with-microsoft-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"Load Testing with Microsoft Edge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Microsoft has been pushing their new Edge browser release by forcing users to start it upon login. \u00a0 If you want to start recording with Edge then Load Tester has you covered with just a few configuration steps.<\/p>\n<p>First, go to the Browser settings in Load Tester: \u00a0 \u00a0 Window-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Web Performance-&gt;Browser<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.35-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the Add Button on the right and configure a new setting for Edge. \u00a0 The path is as shown above for Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be sure to check &#8220;Use Operating System-wide Proxy Settings&#8221;!<br \/>\n<\/strong>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<\/p>\n<p>Click Apply, and then OK.<\/p>\n<p>When recording you&#8217;ll now see a new option to record with Edge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.52-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.52-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll probably see a LOT of background HTTP chatter from other apps on your system which can easily be filtered out after the recording is finished.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently Microsoft has been pushing their new Edge browser release by forcing users to start it upon login. \u00a0 If you want to start recording with Edge then Load Tester has you covered with just a few configuration steps.<br \/>\nFirst, go to the Browser settings in Load Tester: \u00a0 \u00a0 Window-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Web Performance-&gt;Browser<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.35-PM.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nClick the Add Button on the right and configure a new setting for Edge. \u00a0 The path is as shown above for Windows 10.<br \/>\nBe sure to check &#8220;Use Operating System-wide Proxy Settings&#8221;!<br \/>\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br \/>\nClick Apply, and then OK.<br \/>\nWhen recording you&#8217;ll now see a new option to record with Edge:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webperformance.com\/load-testing-tools\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-03-at-12.22.52-PM.png\"><\/a><br \/>\nYou&#8217;ll probably &hellip; 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