ProcMon 3.80, Sysmon 13.20, TCPView 4.10, ProcExp 16.40, PsExec 2.34, Sigcheck 2.81 and WinObj 3.10

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Process Monitor v3.80


Process Monitor is the latest tool to integrate with the new Sysinternals theme engine, giving it dark mode support.

 

Sysmon v13.20


This update to Sysmon, an advanced system security monitor, adds “not begin with” and “not end with” filter conditions and fixes a regression for rule include/exclude logic.

 

TCPView v4.10


This update to TCPView, a TCP/UDP endpoint query tool, adds the ability to filter connections by state.

 

Process Explorer v16.40


This update to Process Explorer, an advanced process, DLL and handle viewing utility, adds process filtering support to the main display and reports process CET (shadow stack) support.

 

PsExec v2.34


This PsExec release reverts to sending all PsExec output to stderr so that only target process output emits to stdout.

 

Sigcheck v2.81


Sigcheck v2.81 fixes a bug in filtering output for unsigned VirusTotal unknown files and now reports the signing time for files with untrusted certificate signatures.

 

WinObj v3.10


This WinObj update extends search functionality to include symbolic link targets.

 

SharePoint Syntex Updates – May 2021

SharePoint Syntex Updates – May 2021

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SharePoint Syntex brings advanced AI-powered content management to SharePoint & Microsoft 365. We’re continuing to work with our customers and partners to make updates and improvements. Here  are the latest updates to support powerful AI models that transform content into knowledge.


 


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Sensitivity labels


Coming soon, you can automatically set sensitivity labels in document understanding models. This is in addition to the ability to automatically apply retention labels. Applying sensitivity labels (aka Microsoft Information Protection or “MIP” labels) enables you to classify and protect your organization’s data, while making sure that productivity isn’t hindered.


 


Automatic sensitivity labels are important because:



  • You don’t need to train your users when to use each of your classifications.

  • You don’t need to rely on users to classify all content correctly.

  • Users no longer need to know about your policies—they can instead focus on their work.

  • And also coming soon, Microsoft Viva Topics will be able to use sensitivity labels to restrict visibility of sensitive content, even if that  content is widely shared.


 

 


These changes will start to rollout to Targeted Release users in May 2021, and can be tracked on the Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap ID 81975.


 


Regular expressions


This month we also added a new regular expression (RegEx) explanation type, allowing you to provide more complex explanations when training a model. This update includes a set of RegEx explanation templates that can be used or edited like other explanation templates, such as date, currency, and phone number.


 


 

 


Regular expressions provide a powerful, flexible, and efficient method for processing text. The extensive pattern-matching notation of regular expressions enables you to quickly parse large amounts of text to find specific character patterns.


 


This update will also start rollout to Targeted Release users in May 2021, and can be tracked on the Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap ID 81976.


 


Developer Community Support: GitHub repository


We’re thrilled to announce the release of or Syntex developer community n GitHub. Visit our GitHub repository for Syntex community work to get community samples that demonstrate different usage patterns of Document Understanding models in Syntex. To start you off, we included four samples focused on benefit changes, contract notices, services agreements, and trade confirmations.


 


The samples in this repository contain both the Document Understanding model files, as well as the files used to train the model. Once imported in your Syntex Content Center site, you’ll be able to use these models to process files, as well as view and edit the key model elements – the classifier and extractors – to match your needs. If you want to further deploy the model, then checkout the Deploying Models article to learn more.


 


You can also use this repository to submit a community contribution, view the issue list, and participate in a discussion forum.


 


Roadmap


We’re continuing to improve and enhance SharePoint Syntex and we’ll share new features with you as they become available. To stay up to date on Knowledge and Content Services, and products updates like those listed here, subscribe to the Microsoft Viva newsletter.


 


 


 

Setting Up Microsoft Viva Connections Step by Step – HLS Show Me How

Setting Up Microsoft Viva Connections Step by Step – HLS Show Me How

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Viva Connctions Setup 4 of 4.pngMicrosoft Viva Connections brings the next generation, personalized, Intranet to where people work… namely within Microsoft Teams. In this HLS Show Me How post Microsoft’s Scott Moore and Michael Gannotti walk you through all the elements of setting up and deploying Microsoft Viva Connections.


Covered in these videos:



  • Set up an organizational Home Site in SharePoint Online

  • Create the Microsoft Viva Connections Package

  • Upload the Microsoft Viva Connections Package to Microsoft Teams

  • Setup the Viva Connections App in Microsoft Teams Admin Center under App setup policies/Global


Set up an organizational Home Site in SharePoint Online


 


Create the Microsoft Viva Connections Package


 


Upload the Microsoft Viva Connections Package to Microsoft Teams


 


Setup the Viva Connections App in Microsoft Teams Admin Center under App setup policies/Global


Resources:



 


Thanks for visiting – Michael Gannotti   LinkedIn | Twitter 


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LAUNCH: Build serverless, full stack applications in Azure

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Whether you’re new or seasoned to cloud, development, and SQL, building and architecting applications in the cloud has become a required skill for many roles. Today, we’re excited to announce a new learning path to help developers of all skill levels learn how to create applications quickly and effectively with Azure. The new learning path is Build serverless, full stack applications in Azure.


 


In this learning path, you’ll learn how to create, build, and deploy modern full stack applications in Azure leveraging the language of your choice (Python, Node.js, or .NET) and with a Vue.js frontend. Topics covered include modern database capabilities, CI/CD and DevOps, backend API development, REST, and more. Using a real-world scenario of trying to catch the bus, you will learn how to build a solution that integrates Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, Azure Static Web Apps, Logic Apps, Visual Studio Code and GitHub Actions.


 

This learning path is a great place for faculty to pull content for their application development classes. We’ve chatted with several schools and universities and confirmed that something like this would be useful for students and fit in their curriculum. Since the learning path was developed in three languages, it’s also useful for students and faculty trying to learn other languages. We’ve translated the code directly and structured it using development best practices, so hopefully it is useful.


 


In addition to this new learning path which allows you to get hands on for FREE in Microsoft Learn’s Azure sandbox, Davide Mauri and myself, who built the learning path, will be presenting one of the modules as part of Microsoft Build Learn Live TODAY at 3:30PM PT. Be sure to register and attend! Of course, if you’re reading this after the live session, the recording will also be available through the Microsoft Build website.


 


If you aren’t interested in completing all of the modules, but want to dive into a specific topic, the modules are standalone, and you can learn at your own pace. Here are the modules:



  1. Architect modern applications using Azure SQL Database

  2. Deploy serverless APIs with Azure Functions, Logic Apps, and Azure SQL Database

  3. Build full stack applications with Azure Static Web Apps and Azure SQL Database

  4. Architect full-stack applications and automate deployments with GitHub


 


If you want more content like this, I recommend checking out Azure SQL Fundamentals and subscribing to Data Exposed where we have mini-series like Azure SQL for beginners, Migrating to SQL, and more! If you have other questions or feedback, please reach out to me on Twitter @AnalyticAnna.

Announcing Azure Event Hubs Premium – Public Preview

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Today, businesses require big data streaming platforms and event ingestion services that can process millions of events per second to build dynamic data pipelines and immediately respond to business challenges. Azure Event Hubs, a fully managed, real-time data ingestion service, is designed to serve demanding big data streaming and event ingestion needs.


Azure Event Hubs Premium


Today, we are announcing the public preview of Azure Event Hubs Premium, a new product SKU that is tailor-made for high-end event streaming scenarios which require elastic, superior performance with predictable latency.


Azure Event Hubs premium comes with reserved compute, memory, and storage resources, which increases the performance and minimize cross-tenant interference in a managed multi-tenant PaaS environment. Event Hubs premium introduces a brand-new log storage engine that drastically improves the data ingress performance and substantially reduce the end-to-end latency. On top of all the capabilities and protocol support of the Event Hubs Standard offering, Event Hubs Premium offers, and far more generous quota allocations.


Why Premium?


Here are some of the key compelling benefits of Event Hubs Premium SKU.


Superior performance with the new two-tier storage engine


Event Hubs premium uses a new, two-tier, native-code log engine that provides far more predictable and much lower send and end-to-end latencies than the prior generation, without any durability compromises. This enables you to ingest and processes large volumes of events and data with high throughput, low latency, and high reliability (events are triple replicated across Azure availability zones).  


Better isolation and predictability


With Event Hubs premium you get reserved compute, memory, and storage resources for each tenant to achieve more predictable latency and far reduced cross-tenant interference risk in a multi-tenant PaaS environment.


Scalability and Cost Savings


As Event Hubs Premium is a multitenant offering, it can dynamically scale more flexibly and very quickly. Capacity of Event Hubs Premium tier is allocated in Processing Units which correspond to a share of isolated resources (CPU, Memory, and Storage) in the underlying infrastructure. Therefore, there are no throttling limits are applied for your data ingestion scenarios and you stream events up to the maximum level that the allocated processing units can handle (which can depend on multiple factors such as number of producers and consumers, payload size, partition count, and many more).


Events Hubs premium can bring you cost savings for certain use cases where you don’t need the power of a single tenant dedicated Event Hubs cluster, but you need to handle data streaming workloads that are beyond the limits of the standard tier.


Benefits compared to Standard and Dedicated SKUs


Event Hubs Premium SKU is suitable for streaming use cases that require more throughput, isolation, and predictability than Standard SKU, while you don’t need a dedicated single tenant cluster which is intended for most demanding streaming needs at a higher price point.


If your data streaming use case needs very high number of throughput units of the standard SKU, then EventHub premium may offer better performance, minimal cross-tenant interference, more generous quota allocations and additional features for the same cost.


If the use case does not need the power of a dedicated single tenant cluster, compared to the Dedicated SKU, Event Hubs Premium can provide benefits such as dynamic scaling and the same reliability support (premium namespaces support AZs without the need to allocate extra capacity.)


Get Started Today


To try out and learn more about Azure Event Hubs Premium check out the below links.