Episode 125: 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:

• Surviving and Thriving with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model: Deployment to SAP BTP, Kyma runtime by Maximilian Streifeneder
• Using SQL to query your SAP BTP account by Antonio Maradiaga

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:

• Build your own Azure Functions Binding Extensions by Simon Waight

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Azure Functions on Azure Container Apps on GitHub by Hirofumi Horikawa
• Create event-driven applications with Cloudflare Queues and Dapr by Marc Duiker
• Dapr Community Call 78
• KEDA 2.10.0 including an experimental GH Actions scaler

GitHub & DevOps

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

• Integrate Azure Load Testing into Azure DevOps by April Edwards
• Write Your Bicep Files in Visual Studio by April Edwards

GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

• GitHub Issues & Projects – March 9th update
• Changes to the code search API

GitHub security and Dependabot

• Heads up: Raising the bar for software security: GitHub 2FA begins March 13
• Application security orchestration with GitHub Advanced Security by Jose Palafox and Daniel Shanahan
• Multi-repository variant analysis: a powerful new way to perform security research across GitHub by Walker Chabbott and James Fletcher

GitHub Actions

• GitHub Actions – Required workflows improvements

GitHub other topcis

• File editing on GitHub Mobile keeps leveling up by Alfredo Cerezo Luna
• GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8 is now generally available by David Jarzebowski and Melody Mileski
• How GitHub Docs’ new search works by Peter Bengtsson
• How GitHub accelerates development for embedded systems

Misc

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

• Azure Developer CLI (azd) – March 2023 Release by Savannah Ostrowski
  • Release on GitHub: azure-dev-cli_0.7.0-beta.1
  • including a new version of the VS Code Plugin: azure-dev-vscode_0.4.0

🐱‍👤 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 #134 - The one with SAP Business One (Moshe Nachman & Richard Duffy)

Learning and Events

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

• OWASP API Security Project
• What Are Cloud-Bound Applications? by Bilgin Ibryam
• “Don't wait for your next job to do your best work.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shares how he paved his path

And heads up for upcoming events:

• Kubernetes on Azure | Azure Dev CLI Community Standup
• Unlocking the Potential of Azure Functions | Azure Functions Community Standup

Golo's Corner

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

• Diese 5 Programmiersprachen solltest Du in 2023 unbedingt lernen! // deutsch

Developer Experience

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

• Azure’s approach to versioning and avoiding breaking changes by Mike Kistler and Jeffrey Richter
• How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces by Kedasha Kerr

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