Episode 118: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft

Welcome to this week's edition of myNewsWrap, news from the world of SAP, Microsoft and the world in between.

SAP Universe - from the community

Let's us start with the SAP side of the house i. e. news around the Business Technology Platform and news from the broader SAP ecosystem:

• Kyma 2.10 - check esp. the topics of observability and service mesg

Microsoft Universe

Now let's look at the Microsoft universe.

Azure Functions/Serverless

Here is what happened this week in the serverless space like Azure Functions and Static Web Apps:

• And here we go: New storage providers for Azure Durable Functions now generally available
• Updated: AZ-204: Implement Azure Functions
• Code example used for Stacy Cashmore's "Authenticating in Azure Static Web Apps" talk

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

From Serverless to Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes - what did this week provide us with?

• Deploy Komodor on AKS via the Flux Cluster Extension using Pulumi
• CNCF accepts Kubescape as its first security and compliance scanner project
• New Release: KEDA 2.8.2
• Intro to Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr)
• Open Source Startup Podcast E70: Making Distributed Systems More Accessible With Diagrid
• A light introduction to eBPF

GitHub & DevOps

What happened in the area of DevOps and esp. GitHub - let's see:

• MVP Spotlight: Learning DevOps with Marcel Lupo
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform on Azure: Implement Managed Identities in Azure Functions
  • And here is the recording of the talk (it is the first one): Virtual Azure Community Day - Live from Denmark
• CNCF: Trends for DevOps engineering in 2023
• GitHub Issues – January 19th update
• False-alert flags will appear in audit logs due to a bug in branch protections
• Remediation made simple: Introducing new validity checks for GitHub tokens
• Unlocking security updates for transitive dependencies with npm
• Invitation Enhancements

Misc

Interested in some new from the broader Microsoft ecosystem? Then here are some links for you:

• How to use Azure Management APIs in C# with Azure.Identity
• AZURE WEB APP USING AZURE SQL USING PRIVATE ENDPOINTS

And heads up for the Azure OpenAI Service:

• General availability of Azure OpenAI Service expands access to large, advanced AI models with added enterprise benefits

Azure Developer CLI

• What's new in the Azure Developer CLI (azd) - January 2023 release
• Azure Developer CLI episode 0.5.0 - refactoring ahead

🐱‍👤 SAP and Microsoft - Combining both worlds

Now let's enter the twilight zone (no worries the ninja cat is with us) between SAP and Microsoft and see the magic happening when we combine both worlds:

• SAP on Azure Video Podcast #127 - The one with Backup with ANF (Ralf Klahr)

Learning and Events

We always want to learn, so here are some links to some interesting learning resources and upcoming events:

• Wrapping up OAuth 2.0 with the Authorization Code grant type
• How GitHub coordinates product releases with GitHub Projects and GitHub Actions
• 3 common DevOps antipatterns and cloud native strategies that can help

Golo's Corner

As a regular guest and due to the high-quality content here an overview what Golo Roden provided us this week:

• Das sind die Trends und News in Web und Cloud 2023! // deutsch

Productivity & Developer Experience

Last but not least, some links that might make our developer live easier and reflect on our profession:

• Hey, GitHub!

And with this enjoy your weekend and have a successful next week!