Performance

In the first tutorial we used the 'Run' command to caputure data while an executable ran.   However for server scenarios you simply want to explicitly state when to start and stop data collection.   It is also likely that you will need to ask someone else…

This is the fifth in a series of video tutorials on how to use the PerfView profiling tool. It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable. This tutoral is on PerfView's 'Drill Into' feature, which allows you to selectively ungroup a set…

Visual Studio performance architect Vance Morrison is very passionate about, well, performance. He deeply cares about making it easier for you to write fast code - both through education and finding/fixing bugs in the system that prevents your code from being as fast as it can be. Of course, most of…

It seems as though all of us are actively trying to cram more and more features, functionality, and speed out of everything we use. While the world seems faster paced today than it ever has been in the past, the quest for performance and efficiency is as old as recorded history, and almost certainly…

This is the fourth in a series of video tutorials on how to use the PerfView profiling tool.   It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable.   This tutoral is on PerfView's grouping and folding operators, which are…

This is the third in a series of video tutorials on how to use the PerfView profiling tool.   It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable.   A big part of an effective performance investigation is getting…

This is the second of a series of video tutorials on how to use the PerfView profiling tool.  This tutorial assumes you have watch the first tutorial on collecting data.   It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable. The next…

This is the first of a series of video tutorials on how to use the PerfView profiling tool to gather data for a CPU performance data on a simple .NET program.    It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable.   If you…

If you have an internet connection you are just a few clicks away from installing perfView.   This video shows you just how easy it is.   It is best to watch the video using one of the high quality links on the right so the text is readable.   After…

.NET GC developer Maoni Stephens, Performance Architect Vance Morrison and Bing front end developer Mukul Sabharwal join us for a conversation about .NET 4.5 in practice. We spent some time with the.NET 4.5 team earlier in the year. You can see the series of…