diff --git a/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 69097dc1..44fa40bf 100644
--- a/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ stages:
           Name: test_sgx_no_prefix_tree
           DisplayName: Test (SGX, no prefix tree)
           Platform: sgx
-          Pool: 1es-dcv3
+          Pool: 1es-dc-pool
           Environment:
             ENABLE_PREFIX_TREE: OFF
           FunctionalTestArguments: '--enable-perf'
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stages:
           Name: test_sgx
           DisplayName: Test (SGX, with prefix tree)
           Platform: sgx
-          Pool: 1es-dcv3
+          Pool: 1es-dc-pool
           Environment:
             ENABLE_PREFIX_TREE: ON
           FunctionalTestArguments: '--enable-prefix-tree --enable-faketime'
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ stages:
           Name: test_sgx_docker
           DisplayName: Test (SGX on Docker, no prefix tree)
           Platform: sgx
-          Pool: 1es-dcv3
+          Pool: 1es-dc-pool
           Variant: Docker
           ImageFilename: scitt-ccf-ledger-sgx.tar
           Environment:
diff --git a/test/test_load.py b/test/test_load.py
index aec7d078..ef006ef5 100644
--- a/test/test_load.py
+++ b/test/test_load.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 from pyscitt.client import Client
 
 NUM_CLAIMS = 100
-LOCUST_PEAK_USERS = 500
-LOCUST_USERS_SPAWN_RATE = 10
+LOCUST_PEAK_USERS = 100
+LOCUST_USERS_SPAWN_RATE = 5
 LOCUST_RUNTIME_SEC = 60