What's New

Release Notes for version 7.15.3 can be found here.

New Features and Enhancements

Image Security Notification

A new notification has been added to clarify to users that to enable Image Security for all application servers, you must change the Image Security setting to ON for each server. This reminds users that selecting Enable Image Security only updates the selected server.

The following message displays after the first time Image Security is set to ON::

Image Security does not apply on all application servers. To enable it for all servers, change the setting Image security to ON for each application server.

(This option is located in > Security & Privacy >Security tab in the App Server Name area.

Screenshot Storage Updated Support

From version 7.15.3, screenshot storage is allowed on file systems only. Screenshot Storage: 7.15.2 was the last version allowing screenshot storage on SQL Server database. If you are upgrading, any previously stored screenshots will remain in their current location.

The file system is composed of both HOT storage (Fast SSD drive) and WARM storage (Standard disk drive).

Application Server

The following describes the modifications to the Application server installation process:

  • Silent parameters to define the storage when installing the Application server:

    HOT_STORAGE

    WARM_STORAGE

    ARCHIVE_STORAGE

  • Example of a command line with the parameters:

    msiexec /i "ObserveIT.AppServerSetup.msi" /quiet /norestart DATABASE_SERVER="<DB_SERVER_NAME>" DATABASE_LOGON_TYPE="WindowsAccount" SERVICE_USERNAME="<SERVICE_USERNAME>" SERVICE_PASSWORD="<SERVICE_PASSWORD>" TARGETAPPPOOL="<POOL_NAME>" TARGETSITE="<SITE_NAME>" HOT_STORAGE="<HOT_STORAGE_PATH>" WARM_STORAGE="<WARM_STORAGE_PATH>" ARCHIVE_STORAGE="<ARCHIVE_STORAGE_PATH>" /leo ObserveITWebServices_setup.txt

  • For manual Application server installation, when prompted, add the path to HOT, WARM and ARCHIVE Storage. (If this is a new installation, these fields will be available. If this is an upgrade and you have already designated paths, the fields will be grayed-out.

See Installing ITM On-Prem (ObserveIT) Application Server.

Support for Thunderbolt 3 Protocol

Thunderbolt 3 storage devices are now supported.

You can monitor and capture activities involving the Thunderbolt device. This includes detection of both device insertion and exfiltration to a Thunderbolt device - similar to USB insertion and detection.

See Detecting the Insertion of an External Device

db_creator Permissions

From version 7.15.3, db_owner (for SQL Database) permissions are no longer required for the following:

  • Ability to upgrade the SQL Database without db_creator permissions.

  • Ability to complete a successful SQL Database clean install script - if a database is already created (manually) - without db_owner permissions and with the following permissions instead: db_datareader, db_datawriter, db_ddladmin.

macOS Sonoma 14.4 Support

Mac Agent 7.15.3 was certified on the latest 14.4 service pack for macOS Sonoma.

Updated .NET Core Support

  • . NET Core upgraded to 6.0.419