Extracting x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id from a Text File Using Python

In the world of email processing and automation, extracting specific headers from email metadata can be crucial for various tasks. One such header is the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id, which can be essential for tracking email threads and parent-child relationships in email conversations. In this blog post, we'll walk through a simple Python script to extract this header from a text file.

Why Extract x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id?

The x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id header is used to identify the parent message in an email thread. This can be particularly useful for:

• Email Threading: Keeping track of email conversations.
• Automated Email Processing: Automating responses or actions based on the parent message.
• Data Analysis: Analyzing email communication patterns.

The Python Script

Here's a step-by-step guide to creating a Python script that reads a text file and extracts the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id header.

Step 1: Import the Required Module

First, we'll import the re module, which provides support for regular expressions in Python.

import re

Step 2: Define the Function

Next, we'll define a function extract_parent_message_id that takes the file path as a parameter, reads the file content, and searches for the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id header.

def extract_parent_message_id(file_path):
    # Read the content of the file
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        data = file.read()
    
    # Regular expression to find the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id
    pattern = r'x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id:\s*<([^>]+)>'
    
    # Search for the pattern in the data
    match = re.search(pattern, data)
    
    # Extract and return the parent message ID if found
    if match:
        return match.group(1)
    else:
        return "x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id not found"

Step 3: Use the Function

Finally, we'll use the function to extract the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id from a sample text file.

# Example usage
file_path = 'path/to/your/file.txt'
parent_message_id = extract_parent_message_id(file_path)
print("x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id:", parent_message_id)

Conclusion

With this simple script, you can easily extract the x-ms-exchange-parent-message-id from any text file containing email headers. This can be a powerful tool for anyone working with email data, whether for automation, analysis, or other purposes.

Feel free to adapt and expand this script to suit your specific needs. Happy coding!

Unable to connect to a required endpoint. Power Platform now relies on a new cloud service dependency called Power Platform API. If you have conditional access policies or fire

 Unable to connect to a required endpoint. Power Platform now relies on a new cloud service dependency called Power Platform API. If you have conditional access policies or fire

wall rules in place, you may need to allow access to the Power Platform API endpoints.

To resolve this issue, try the following steps:

1. Check Firewall and Proxy Settings

   • Ensure your network allows access to the Power Platform API endpoints.

   • The necessary URLs to allow can be found in Microsoft's official documentation here (if applicable).

2. Update Conditional Access Policies

   • If your organization enforces conditional access policies, ensure that the Power Platform API is allowed under your policy settings in Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD).

3. Verify Tenant and Environment Access

   • Ensure you have the correct permissions to access the Power Platform API within your tenant.

   • Try using Power Platform Admin Center to validate the environment settings.

4. Check for Service Outages

   • Visit the Microsoft Service Health Dashboard to check for any ongoing outages affecting Power Platform services.

5. Test API Access Manually

   • Use tools like Postman or PowerShell to make test API calls to https://api.powerplatform.microsoft.com/ and check for responses.

If the issue persists, try contacting Microsoft Support for further assistance.

AI Builder Add-on: Features, Pricing & Use Cases

 AI Builder is an add-on for the Power Platform that enables AI-powered automation within Power Apps and Power Automate. It provides prebuilt and customizable AI models for tasks like form processing, object detection, sentiment analysis, and OCR (Optical Character Recognition).

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🔹 What is Included in AI Builder?

Feature	Description
Form Processing	Extracts data from invoices, receipts, and forms (structured/unstructured PDFs & images).
Object Detection	Identifies and counts objects in images (useful in inventory management, defect detection, etc.).
OCR (Text Recognition)	Extracts printed and handwritten text from documents & images.
Business Card Reader	Captures and extracts details from business cards.
Sentiment Analysis	Determines positive, negative, or neutral sentiment from text input.
Category Classification	Categorizes text automatically based on trained models.
Entity Extraction	Extracts relevant information like names, dates, or addresses from unstructured text.
Prediction Model	Uses historical data to predict outcomes (e.g., churn rate, sales forecasting).
Custom AI Models	Train models with your own datasets for unique business needs.

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🔹 AI Builder Pricing (2025)

AI Builder is an add-on that requires a Power Platform license (such as Power Apps Per User Plan or Power Automate Premium).

Plan	Price (Approx.)	Credits Included	Use Case
AI Builder Add-on (Base Plan)	₹15,140/user/month ($500/user/month)	1 million service credits	Basic AI functionalities for a small workload.
Additional AI Credits	₹1,500 ($50) per 100,000 credits	100,000 service credits	If more processing power is needed.

✅ Each AI Builder action (OCR, Form Processing, Sentiment Analysis, etc.) consumes service credits.
🔹 The number of credits consumed varies by model complexity and volume of data.

For high-volume AI processing, enterprises may need additional AI credits beyond the base plan.

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🔹 AI Builder Use Cases in SharePoint & Power Platform

1️⃣ Automating Invoice Processing

📌 Use Case: Extracting key details (vendor name, invoice amount, due date) from invoices and storing them in SharePoint or Dataverse.
💡 Solution:

• AI Builder – Form Processing extracts data.

• Power Automate moves data to SharePoint or an ERP system.

2️⃣ OCR for Scanned Documents in SharePoint

📌 Use Case: Extracting text from scanned PDFs and images stored in SharePoint.
💡 Solution:

• AI Builder – OCR reads the text.

• Power Automate extracts and saves structured data in SharePoint lists.

3️⃣ Sentiment Analysis on Customer Feedback

📌 Use Case: Analyzing customer emails or chatbot interactions for sentiment.
💡 Solution:

• AI Builder – Sentiment Analysis determines if feedback is positive, neutral, or negative.

• Power Automate categorizes responses and escalates negative feedback.

4️⃣ Object Detection in Manufacturing & Inventory

📌 Use Case: Identifying missing parts or defects in a manufacturing line using images.
💡 Solution:

• AI Builder – Object Detection scans images.

• Power Automate alerts teams about issues.

5️⃣ Automating Business Card Data Entry

📌 Use Case: Capturing business card data into a CRM (Dynamics 365, Salesforce).
💡 Solution:

• AI Builder – Business Card Reader extracts contact details.

• Power Automate saves the details in a CRM or Excel.

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🔹 Do You Need AI Builder?

✅ AI Builder is recommended if:

• You need AI-driven document processing, text extraction, or predictive analytics.

• You want to integrate OCR, form processing, or sentiment analysis into SharePoint, Power Apps, or Power Automate workflows.

• You are building intelligent automation for invoices, contracts, or feedback processing.

🚀 If you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5, AI Builder is NOT included—you’ll need to purchase an AI Builder add-on separately.

 

AI Builder Free Credits & Availability

AI Builder provides free monthly credits for organizations with a Power Apps or Power Automate paid plan. These free credits allow limited AI model usage without purchasing an AI Builder add-on.

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🔹 How Many Free AI Builder Credits Do You Get?

License Type	Free AI Builder Credits (Per Tenant, Monthly)	Availability
Microsoft 365 E3 / E5	❌ No free credits	AI Builder requires a separate license.
Power Apps Per User Plan	✅ 5000 credits/month	Included in standalone Power Apps Per User Plan.
Power Automate Per User Plan	✅ 5000 credits/month	Available with Power Automate Per User Plan.
Power Apps Per App Plan	✅ 375 credits/month (Per Environment)	Only for apps assigned under the Per App Plan.
Power Automate Per Flow Plan	✅ 5000 credits/month	Shared across all licensed flows.
Power Platform Developer Plan	✅ Limited free usage	Good for testing but not for production.

📌 Note:

• These free credits reset monthly and do not accumulate.

• If you exceed the free credits, you’ll need to purchase additional AI Builder credits.

• Microsoft 365 (E3/E5) does not include free AI Builder credits—you must have a Power Apps or Power Automate plan to access them.

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🔹 What Can You Do With Free AI Builder Credits?

The free AI Builder credits are enough for basic OCR, form processing, sentiment analysis, and object detection. Here’s an estimated usage breakdown:

AI Model	Estimated Uses with 5000 Credits
Form Processing	~1000 document scans per month
OCR (Text Extraction)	~500 images per month
Business Card Reader	~1500 scans per month
Sentiment Analysis	~3000 text analyses per month
Object Detection	~1000 image scans per month
Prediction Model	~2000 predictions per month

📌 For large-scale AI processing, consider the AI Builder Add-on (₹15,140/month for 1M credits).

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🔹 How to Check Your Free AI Builder Credits?

1️⃣ Go to Power Platform Admin Center → Power Platform Admin Center
2️⃣ Navigate to "Environments" and select your default environment
3️⃣ Click Settings → Resources → Capacity
4️⃣ Under AI Builder Capacity, check "Available AI Builder Credits"

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🔹 Next Steps

• If free credits are enough → Use AI Builder within the Power Apps or Power Automate plan.

• If you need more credits → Purchase additional AI Builder service credits (₹1,500 for 100,000 credits).

• If you only need AI Builder for development → Sign up for a free Power Platform Developer Plan

Microsoft 365 Licensing Guide: Choosing the Right Plan for Development, Automation, and SharePoint

Microsoft 365 subscriptions, such as:​

• Microsoft 365 F3
• ​ Microsoft 365 E3​
•  Microsoft 365 E5​
• Microsoft 365 A3
• ​ Microsoft 365 A5
• ​ Microsoft 365 Business Premium​
• Microsoft 365 Education Student Use Benefit
  

Differences Between Microsoft 365 Subscriptions

Each Microsoft 365 subscription comes with different features tailored for specific use cases. Below is a comparison to help you decide which one suits your development needs.

Plan	Target Audience	Key Features	Best For Development?
Microsoft 365 F3	Frontline Workers	Web & mobile apps, 2GB mailbox, limited OneDrive (2GB), Teams	❌ Limited developer tools
Microsoft 365 E3	Enterprises	Full Office apps, 100GB mailbox, advanced security, 1TB OneDrive	✅ Good for general development
Microsoft 365 E5	Enterprises (Advanced Security & Compliance)	Includes E3 + advanced security (Defender, Compliance, Power BI Pro)	✅ Great if security & analytics are needed
Microsoft 365 A3	Education (Schools, Staff)	Similar to E3 but for education	❌ Not for corporate development
Microsoft 365 A5	Education (Advanced Security & Compliance)	Similar to E5 but for education	❌ Not for corporate development
Microsoft 365 Business Premium	Small & Medium Businesses	Includes Office apps, Intune, security, Defender	✅ Suitable for business development
Microsoft 365 Education Student Use Benefit	Students	Free access to Office apps, Teams, and OneDrive	❌ Limited enterprise tools

Which One is Best for Development?

If you're a developer working with Microsoft technologies like Power Platform, SharePoint, or Azure, you should go for:

1. Microsoft 365 E3 – Good balance of features with enterprise-grade tools.

2. Microsoft 365 E5 – Ideal if you need advanced security, Power BI Pro, and analytics tools.

3. Microsoft 365 Business Premium – Works well for small/medium-scale projects.

How to Decide?

• If your organization provides E3 or E5, it’s best for development.

• If you need Power BI Pro, Microsoft Defender, and compliance tools, go for E5.

• If you’re working in a small business or startup, Business Premium might be sufficient.
  

If you have Microsoft 365 E3 or E5, you should have:
✅ Power Apps for Microsoft 365 (Limited to standard connectors)
✅ Power Automate for Microsoft 365 (Limited to standard connectors)
✅ SharePoint Online Plan 2 (If included in E3/E5)

If you need premium connectors, Dataverse, or AI Builder, you might require an additional Power Platform license.

Method 2: Check in Power Platform Admin Center

1. Visit Power Platform Admin Center

2. Navigate to Environments and select your default environment

3. Click on Settings > Resources > Capacity

4. Check if you have Dataverse (formerly CDS) and premium services enabled

Included in Microsoft 365 E3

1. Power Apps (for Microsoft 365) – You can build and use canvas apps with standard connectors (e.g., SharePoint, Excel, Outlook).

   • ❌ Does not include premium connectors (Dataverse, SQL, SAP, etc.).

   • ❌ No access to standalone Power Apps environments.

2. Power Automate (for Microsoft 365) – You can create automated workflows using standard connectors.

   • ❌ No RPA (Robotic Process Automation) or premium connectors.

3. SharePoint Online Plan 2 –

   • ✅ Full SharePoint Online access with advanced features (eDiscovery, DLP, etc.).

   • ✅ Supports custom SPFx solutions, workflows, and integrations.

🔍 Limitations for Advanced Development

• No Dataverse (Common Data Service)

• No AI Builder or premium connectors

• Limited Power Platform environments

• No full-fledged Power Virtual Agents

🚀 Next Steps: What You Can Do

1. For Full Power Platform Development

   • Sign up for a free Power Apps Developer Plan here

   • This gives you full Dataverse, premium connectors, and unlimited environments

2. For Enterprise-Grade Development

• If your org allows it, consider requesting Power Apps Per User Plan or Power Automate Premium

• If you need RPA, Dataverse, or AI models, you may need additional licenses

Comparison: Power Apps Per User Plan vs. Power Automate Premium

Feature	Power Apps Per User Plan	Power Automate Premium
Purpose	Develop and use unlimited apps	Build automated workflows, RPA, and integrations
Included Apps	Power Apps (Canvas, Model-Driven)	Power Automate (Cloud Flows, RPA, APIs)
Access to Dataverse	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Premium Connectors	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
AI Builder Credits	❌ No	✅ Yes (AI-driven automation)
RPA (Robotic Process Automation)	❌ No	✅ Yes (Unattended & Attended bots)
API Requests per User/Day	40,000	40,000
Power Pages (Portals)	✅ Yes (Limited use)	❌ No
Best For	Building Power Apps with advanced connectors & Dataverse	Automating processes, RPA, and AI-driven workflows
Ideal Use Case	If you need to build enterprise apps	If you need advanced automation & RPA

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Which One Should You Choose?

• If you want to build and use advanced apps with Dataverse, get 👉 Power Apps Per User Plan

• If you need automation, AI-based workflows, and RPA, get 👉 Power Automate Premium

Do You Need Both?

If you are building apps that require automation, you might need both plans. For example:

• Power Apps to collect data from users.

• Power Automate to trigger workflows, process approvals, or move data between systems.

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Licensing Requirements for SharePoint Development

✅ 1. Included in Microsoft 365 Plans (No Additional License Needed)

If you are developing within your organization's SharePoint Online environment, Microsoft 365 E3 (which you already have) includes:
✔ SharePoint Online Plan 2 – Full access for developing and managing SharePoint sites, lists, and document libraries.
✔ Power Automate for Microsoft 365 – Basic automation with standard connectors (e.g., SharePoint workflows).
✔ Power Apps for Microsoft 365 – Limited to canvas apps with standard connectors (no premium connectors like SQL, Dataverse).

🔹 2. Additional Licenses Needed for Advanced SharePoint Development

If you require advanced SharePoint customization, integrations, or automation, you may need:

Requirement	License Needed
SPFx (SharePoint Framework) Development	No extra license (included in SharePoint Online Plan 2)
Power Apps using Premium Connectors (SQL, Dataverse, etc.)	Power Apps Per User Plan
Advanced Power Automate Flows (Premium Connectors, RPA)	Power Automate Premium
Dataverse for SharePoint-based apps	Power Apps Per User Plan
AI-Based Document Processing (OCR, AI Builder in SharePoint)	AI Builder Add-on
Power BI Embedded Dashboards in SharePoint	Power BI Pro / Premium
External User Access for Custom Apps in SharePoint	Power Pages (formerly Power Apps Portals)

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💡 Key Takeaways

1. For standard SharePoint development (SPFx, Lists, Sites, Workflows, Power Apps with standard connectors) → Microsoft 365 E3 is enough.

2. For apps using premium connectors (SQL, Dataverse, APIs) → You need Power Apps Per User Plan.

3. For RPA, AI, or advanced Power Automate workflows → You need Power Automate Premium.

4. For embedding Power BI reports in SharePoint → You need Power BI Pro.

Office 365 vs. Microsoft 365 for Enterprise – Key Differences & Comparison

Microsoft offers two major enterprise productivity suites: Office 365 and Microsoft 365. While they seem similar, Microsoft 365 is a more comprehensive solution that includes everything in Office 365 plus advanced security, device management, and Windows licensing.

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🔹 1. Key Differences

Feature	Office 365 (Enterprise)	Microsoft 365 (Enterprise)
Included Apps	Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive	Everything in Office 365 + Advanced Security, Device Management, and Windows 11 Enterprise
Windows License	❌ Not included	✅ Windows 11 Enterprise (E3/E5)
Security & Compliance	Basic security (Email encryption, DLP, ATP in E5)	✅ Advanced security (Defender, Identity Protection, Threat Analytics)
Device & App Management	❌ Limited	✅ Intune (Mobile Device & App Management)
Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS)	❌ Not included	✅ Included (Azure AD Premium, Conditional Access, MDM, etc.)
Best For	Organizations needing productivity apps & collaboration tools	Enterprises requiring security, compliance, and device management in addition to Office apps

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🔹 2. Licensing & Plans Comparison

Office 365 Enterprise Plans (Focus: Productivity & Collaboration)

Plan	Cost (approx.)	Features
Office 365 E1	₹660/user/month	Web-based apps, Teams, SharePoint, Email (50GB), OneDrive (1TB)
Office 365 E3	₹1,760/user/month	E1 + Desktop apps, 100GB Mailbox, eDiscovery, DLP, Office Scripts
Office 365 E5	₹3,070/user/month	E3 + Advanced security, Compliance, Power BI Pro, Analytics

Microsoft 365 Enterprise Plans (Focus: Productivity + Security + Windows)

Plan	Cost (approx.)	Features
Microsoft 365 E3	₹2,640/user/month	Office 365 E3 + Windows 11 Enterprise + Intune + Azure AD Premium
Microsoft 365 E5	₹4,630/user/month	Microsoft 365 E3 + Advanced Security (Defender, Identity Protection) + Power BI Pro

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🔹 3. Which One Should You Choose?

If You Need...	Go for Office 365	Go for Microsoft 365
Just Office Apps & Collaboration	✅ Yes	❌ No
Windows 11 Enterprise & Security	❌ No	✅ Yes
Cloud-based Security & Compliance	❌ No	✅ Yes
Device Management (Intune, MDM)	❌ No	✅ Yes
AI & Threat Protection (Defender, Azure Security)	❌ No	✅ Yes

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🚀 Key Takeaways

• Office 365 = Productivity & Collaboration (For businesses that just need Office apps and cloud tools like Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange).

• Microsoft 365 = Office 365 + Security + Windows (For enterprises needing advanced security, compliance, and device management along with productivity tools).

Check from Microsoft 365 Account Portal

1. Go to Microsoft 365 Admin Center.

2. Sign in with your Microsoft account (work or school).

3. Click on Your Info (top-right profile icon).

4. Under Subscriptions, you’ll see your assigned license.

NSA ATC communication flow + power Automate

 

Automation Engineer - Essential setup, tools, software, and environment

 To work as an Automation Engineer (focusing on Open Source and Power Platform) as an individual contributor in roles like Developer, Solution Architect, and Delivery Person, you'll need a comprehensive setup covering development, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Below is a structured list of the essential setup, tools, software, and environment you'll need:

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✅ Setup and Environment

1. Hardware Setup

• Laptop/PC – Minimum specs:
  • CPU: Intel i7 or equivalent
  • RAM: 16 GB (32 GB preferred)
  • SSD: 512 GB+
  • Graphics: Not critical, but a dedicated GPU helps with AI/ML workloads

2. Operating System

• Windows 10/11 or Linux (Ubuntu) – Dual boot if required
• Virtual Machines (Optional): VMware or VirtualBox for testing
• Containers: Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployment

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🚀 Development Tools

1. IDE/Editors

• Visual Studio Code – (for both open-source and Power Platform)
• Visual Studio – (for Power Platform development)
• Eclipse/IntelliJ – (if Java is involved)
• Postman – (API testing)

2. Scripting and Automation Languages

• PowerShell – For automating Windows tasks and Power Platform
• Python – For automation, data processing, and AI
• JavaScript – For Power Platform custom connectors and UI
• Bash – For Linux-based automation

3. Version Control

• Git – (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)

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🌐 Open Source Automation Tools

1. RPA (Robotic Process Automation)

• UiPath Community Edition – Widely used for automation
• OpenRPA – Open-source RPA tool
• TagUI – Open-source CLI-based automation

2. CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment)

• Jenkins – Open-source automation server
• GitHub Actions – For automating builds and releases
• Ansible – Infrastructure automation

3. Testing

• Selenium – For web-based automation
• Appium – For mobile automation
• PyTest – For Python-based testing

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🏆 Power Platform Tools

1. Power Automate – Workflow automation

2. Power Apps – App development

3. Power BI – Business Intelligence and reporting

4. Data verse – Data management

5. Custom Connectors – For extending Power Platform capabilities

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🌍 Database and Storage

1. Open Source

• MySQL – Relational database
• PostgreSQL – Advanced relational database
• MongoDB – NoSQL database

2. Microsoft Stack

• SQL Server – For Power Platform integration
• SharePoint – For file and data storage

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🔒 Security and Compliance

• OAuth 2.0 / SAML – Authentication protocols
• Microsoft Defender – Security monitoring
• Azure Active Directory (AAD) – User access control

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📢 Deployment and Monitoring

• Docker – For containerized deployment
• Kubernetes – For scaling
• Prometheus – For monitoring
• Grafana – For data visualization
• Azure DevOps – For pipeline management and monitoring

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🧠 AI and ML Integration (Optional)

• OpenAI API – For language models and automation
• TensorFlow / PyTorch – For AI/ML development
• Hugging Face – For NLP tasks

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🎯 Documentation and Collaboration

• Confluence – For internal documentation
• Notion – Personal productivity and notes
• MS Teams / Slack – For team collaboration
• Jira – For task and project management

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💡 Other Useful Tools

• Fiddler – For network traffic debugging
• Insomnia – API client
• Power Toys – Productivity enhancements for Windows

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✅ Summary

You'll need a mix of open-source and Power Platform tools to cover automation, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.

• Open Source: Python, Selenium, Jenkins, Ansible
• Power Platform: Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI
• Monitoring & Deployment: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps
• Security: OAuth, Microsoft Defender

Extract text or data from PDFs

Depending on the format of your PDF (text-based vs. scanned images), there are various methods for extracting text or data from PDFs. Here are a few typical techniques:

1. Making use of PDF Processing Libraries in Python
Text can be extracted using PyPDF2, although it has trouble with intricate layouts.

More sophisticated and adept at handling structured data is pdfplumber.
PyMuPDF (fitz) is a quick and effective text extraction tool.
Tesseract OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for scanned PDFs.
Example: Using Python's PyPDF2 to extract text
PyPDF2 import in CopyEdit

using open ("document.pdf", "rb") as pdf_file: print(page.extract_text()) for page in reader. Pages: reader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(pdf_file)

 

2. Making Use of Power Automate (No-Code Method)
For structured PDFs, use AI Builder (Extract Data from Forms).
Integrate with Power Automate processes to handle and save data in Dataverse, SharePoint, or Excel.

3. Applying Layout Parsing, an Open-Source AI
For intricate designs such as forms, tables, and invoices:

Structured text can be extracted with PDFMiner.
LayoutLM (ML model): Uses AI to extract important data elements.

 

DeepSeek vs OpenAI

DeepSeek vs OpenAI

Two companies have recently drawn a lot of interest in the quickly changing field of artificial intelligence (AI): OpenAI, a well-known American AI research centre, and DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup.

Although both have created sophisticated large language models (LLMs), their methods, prices, and ideologies are different.

Establishment and Purpose Liang Wenfeng, a co-founder of the hedge firm High-Flyer, started DeepSeek in 2023. High-Flyer first concentrated on AI and algorithm-based trading before expanding toward more general AI research, which resulted in the development of DeepSeek. To make cutting-edge AI more widely available, the company strongly emphasises open-source development.

Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and other individuals formed OpenAI in 2015 as a non-profit organization to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves the interests of all people. To secure funding, OpenAI gradually switched to a capped-profit business model, collaborating with firms such as Microsoft to further its research.

Model Creation and Expenses
Efficiency and cost-effectiveness were key considerations in the development of DeepSeek's flagship model, DeepSeek-R1. Using cutting-edge training techniques and refined algorithms, the company claimed that less than $6 million in computational resources were needed to train DeepSeek-R1, achieving great performance without incurring significant costs.

OpenAI's models, such GPT-4, on the other hand, have been linked to noticeably greater development expenses. Although the numbers are confidential, estimates indicate that the cost of training GPT-4 was in the hundreds of millions of dollars, which is indicative of the large amount of data and computer power needed.

Capabilities and Performance
DeepSeek-R1 has proven to perform well in certain areas, especially coding and mathematical reasoning problems. According to benchmark testing, DeepSeek-R1 performs somewhat better than OpenAI's models in answering mathematical problems; on the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME) 2024 benchmark, it achieved an accuracy of 79.8% as opposed to OpenAI's 79.2%.

Models from OpenAI, like GPT-4, are well known for their adaptability and general-purpose skills. They perform exceptionally well in a variety of tasks, including as creative writing, translation, and natural language comprehension.

For example, OpenAI's models outperformed DeepSeek-R1 in the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark, demonstrating a wider knowledge base and competence in a variety of disciplines.

DeepSeek vs OpenAI Comparison Table

Feature	DeepSeek	OpenAI
Founded	2023 by Liang Wenfeng	2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman, et al.
Mission	Open-source AI for accessibility	Ensure AGI benefits all of humanity
Key Model	DeepSeek-R1	GPT-4
Development Cost	<$6 million	Hundreds of millions of dollars
Approach	Fully open-source	Proprietary
Performance (Math)	79.8% on AIME benchmark	79.2% on AIME benchmark
Performance (General)	Specialized (math, coding)	Versatile, excels in multiple domains
Speed	Record-breaking inference speeds	High-speed but resource-intensive
Use Cases	Problem-solving, coding, mathematical tasks	Creative writing, translation, general NLP
Access	Free and open to everyone	Paid APIs and commercial partnerships
Market Impact	Disrupted AI norms with cost-effective models	Industry leader with partnerships (Microsoft)
Ethics/Safety	Promotes transparency, shared responsibility	Focused on controlled, safe AI deployment
Target Audience	Developers, startups, researchers	Enterprises, large-scale businesses
Notable Collaboration	Open-source community	Microsoft, Azure
Innovation	Cost-effective AI at scale	Pioneering large-scale proprietary models