Episode 135: 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:

• SAP Sapphire News Guide 2023
  • The Future Proof Imperative | SAP Sapphire in 2023 Full Keynote
• Sapphire 2023 Future-Proof Innovation Keynote – Highlights by Kishore Kumar Vivekanandan
• Opinion of Wirtschaftswoche Was SAPs Kundenkonferenz so wichtig macht
• Kyma Updates: 2.14.0 and 2.14.1

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:

• Azure Functions Newsletter – May 2023 by Thiago Almeida
• The new Node.js programming model | Azure Functions Community Standup

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Kubernetes Podcast: Kubernetes 1.27 Chill Vibes, with Xander Grzywinski
• Connect your Kubernetes application to your database without any credentials (and securely) by Alexis Plantin
• Dapr Community Call - May 17th 2023 (#82)
• Orchestrate your business logic reliably with Dapr Workflows by Marc Duiker
  • Slide deck
  • GitHub repository
• Transforming containerized applications with Azure Container Storage—now in preview by Aung Oo

GitHub & DevOps

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

GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

• Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues by Mike Hanley

GitHub security and Dependabot

• Private vulnerability reporting now generally available by Eric Tooley and Kate Catlin

GitHub other topics

• Inside GitHub: Working with the LLMs behind GitHub Copilot by Sara Verdi
• How GitHub Copilot is getting better at understanding your code by Johan Rosenkilde
• Codespaces Virtual Machine Host Operating System Upgrade
• Accessibility improvements for npmjs.com

Misc

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

• Update of azd VSCode extension azure-dev-vscode_0.6.0
• Great place to stay up-to-date with news around Azure OpenAI

🐱‍👤 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 Product Announcements Summary – SAP Sapphire 2023 by Hiren Shah
• SAP and Microsoft Collaborate on Joint Generative AI Offerings to Help Customers Address the Talent Gap
• The synergy of market leaders: Exploring Microsoft and SAP’s game-changing collaboration by Silvio Bessa
• Propelling the Aerodynamics of Enterprise Innovation: Announcing the Microsoft AI SDK for SAP ABAP by Amit Lal
• SwitchedOn An Agile SAP Development Platform with Nestor Lara
• SAP on Azure Video Podcast #144 - The one with GA of Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions (Sujay Jain & Akarsh Prabhu)

Learning and Events

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

• Amazon: Von Microservices zurück zu Monolithen? by Eberhard Wolff
• heise Developer Podcast: Episode 93: Domain-driven Transformation – Mit DDD Legacy-Systeme transformieren with Carola Lilienthal and Eberhard Wolff

Golo's Corner

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

• Microservices sind doof – sagt Amazon?! // deutsch
• And also in English: Microservices are stupid – so says Amazon?! // English

Developer Experience

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

• 9 tips to go from attendee to speaker at a tech conference by Rachel Heller

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