Load Testing on .Net Web Services

I am having web services in my .Net web applic开发者_开发技巧ation. I am also using the unit testing framework in visual studio for unit testing these web services.

Is there a way in which i can load test these web services using the test methods i have created or is there some other way i can load test them.

thanks in advance.

Visual Studio has a load testing component that can utilize unit tests. I'm not sure of the cost - I think it is included with the ultimate edition and/or the team test editions of VS. If that is out of your budget, search for "web load testing software" - you'll find a variety of testing tools that can help you. Most of them can handle web services.

You can use the LoadUI tool and it can be integrated with the SOAPUI tool as well.

For WCF web service you can use the Web Performance Test from VS2010, maybe this would help: http://zoraradosavlevici.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/how-to-test-wcf-asmx-web-services/