{"id":4424,"date":"2022-02-08T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=4424"},"modified":"2024-08-27T09:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T09:27:39","slug":"surf-2-0-a-new-generation-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/2022\/02\/resources\/surf-2-0-a-new-generation-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"SURF 2.0 &#8211; A New Generation is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: SURF has become end-of-life and is no longer available for download. Instead, please use the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.sophos.com\/support\/s\/article\/KBA-000004472?language=en_US\">Sophos Endpoint Self Help (ESH)<\/a> tool as a more streamlined and updated troubleshooting. solution.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The SURF Team is excited to announce the next major version of SURF.\u00a0You can <a href=\"https:\/\/techvids.sophos.com\/watch\/YhZs6cCADgh1daVommmGgv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">learn more about it<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>Since the initial launch, we have reviewed all of the feedback and suggestions that we received and have incorporated these into this new version (please keep the suggestions coming!).<\/p>\n<p>You can access the new version here: <a href=\"https:\/\/download.sophos.com\/tools\/SURF2.0.0.0.msi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/download.sophos.com\/tools\/SURF2.0.0.0.msi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, without further ado, let&#8217;s talk about the <strong>new features<\/strong> in SURF 2.0.0120.0:<\/p>\n<h2>New User Interface<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A UI that aligns with the Endpoint Self Help tool style\n<ul>\n<li>The UI is built in a new modular method that will allow faster iteration of new elements<\/li>\n<li>More robust UI performance<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic sizing and scaling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Improved the data in the System Summary panel<\/li>\n<li>Added dynamic UI rendering based on if the selected item is a SDU or CTR\n<ul>\n<li>No more seeing panels that don&#8217;t matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4426\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/sophos-surf-v2-image1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Performance Improvements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Updated and improved SDU\/CTR rules processing<\/li>\n<li>Optimized memory usage<\/li>\n<li>Optimized File I\/O operations to reduce system load<\/li>\n<li>Compacted the Database size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Usability Improvements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added ability to have more than one SDU\/CTR open at once<\/li>\n<li>Added ability to rename SDU\/CTRs for easy recognition<\/li>\n<li>Added ability to mark Detections as:\n<ul>\n<li>Complete &#8211; issue resolved<\/li>\n<li>Not Applicable &#8211; issue isn&#8217;t part of the current case<\/li>\n<li>Dismissed &#8211; user doesn&#8217;t want to see this detection anymore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Added ability to sort and filter the Rules<\/li>\n<li>Added ability to filter the data in several of the panes\n<ul>\n<li>Applications<\/li>\n<li>Services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Added an improved log searching interface\n<ul>\n<li>Allows several operators to provide granular searches<\/li>\n<li>Saves previous searches in the same session<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4427\" src=\"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/sophos-surf-v2-image2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Knick-Knacks and Extras<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Added ability to edit a comment &#8211; with an audit trail<\/li>\n<li>Added ability to copy out any row to clipboard<\/li>\n<li>Added icons into the Network panel to easily identify the type of NIC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now. We have a lot more improvements planned and we are already looking ahead to v2.1 and beyond!<\/p>\n<h2>Community Techtips Episode on SURF 2.0<\/h2>\n<p>Our Sophos Community Techtips session covers everything you need to know about the new major version of the SURF tool.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techvids.sophos.com\/watch\/aeK1Ea4Niy8qR73DzhKXHP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the recording<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SURF, or the Sophos Universal Reader and Finder, is a fantastic troubleshooting tool for Sophos Endpoint and Firewall. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3000003370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[130,145],"coauthors":[42],"class_list":["post-4424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","tag-sophos-universal-reader-and-finder-surf","tag-surf"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/sophos-surf-partner-news-icon-1600x960px_3.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8158,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4424\/revisions\/8158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4424"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/it-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}