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### YamlMime:Landing

title: Measure app performance in Visual Studio # < 60 chars
summary: Profiling and diagnostics tools help you diagnose memory and CPU usage and other application-level issues. With these tools, you can accumulate performance data while you run your application. # < 160 chars

metadata:
  title: Measure performance in Visual Studio # Required; page title displayed in search results. Include the brand. < 60 chars.
  description: Explore documentation to help you use profiling tools in Visual Studio to measure performance, including overviews, getting started tutorials, and how-to guides.
  ms.topic: landing-page
  ms.subservice: debug-diagnostics
  author: mikejo5000
  ms.author: mikejo
  manager: wiwagn
  ms.date: 07/23/2025

# linkListType: architecture | concept | deploy | download | get-started | how-to-guide | learn | overview | quickstart | reference | tutorial | video | whats-new

landingContent:
# Cards and links should be based on top customer tasks or top subjects
# Start card title with a verb
  # Card (optional)
  - title: Get started
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: tutorial
        links:
          - text: Get started analyzing CPU usage
            url: beginners-guide-to-performance-profiling.md
          - text: Get started measuring memory usage
            url: memory-usage.md
          - text: Try AI-assisted profiling
            url: profile-with-copilot-agent.md
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Case study - Beginner's guide to optimizing code
            url: optimize-code-using-profiling-tools.md
          - text: Case study - Isolate a performance issue
            url: isolate-performance-issue.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Fundamentals
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: overview
        links:
          - text: First look at profiling tools
            url: profiling-feature-tour.md
          - text: Which tool should I use?
            url: choose-performance-tool.md
          - text: What is a profiler?
            url: what-is-a-profiler.md
          - text: Ways to run profiling tools
            url: running-profiling-tools-with-or-without-the-debugger.md
      - linkListType: concept
        links:
         - text: Understanding performance collection methods
           url: understanding-performance-collection-methods-perf-profiler.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Performance tools
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: CPU Usage
            url: cpu-usage.md
          - text: Memory Usage
            url: memory-usage-without-debugging2.md
          - text: .NET Object Allocation Tracking
            url: dotnet-alloc-tool.md
          - text: Instrumentation
            url: instrumentation-overview.md
          - text: .NET Counters
            url: dotnet-counters-tool.md
          - text: Benchmark.NET
            url: profiling-with-benchmark-dotnet.md
          - text: File I/O
            url: use-file-io.md
          - text: Database
            url: analyze-database.md
          - text: Events Viewer
            url: events-viewer.md
          - text: .NET Async
            url: analyze-async.md

  # Card (optional)
  - title: Guides
    linkLists:
      - linkListType: how-to-guide
        links:
          - text: Optimize profiler settings
            url: optimize-profiler-settings.md
          - text: Measure performance from the command line
            url: profile-apps-from-command-line.md
          - text: Use multiple profiler tools simultaneously
            url: use-multiple-profiler-tools-simultaneously.md