Episode 144: 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:

• Well, well, well: „Bis heute nicht klar kommuniziert“: SAP verliert Anschluss an Salesforce – und verunsichert Kunden by Christof Kerkmann

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 Community Standup - New Azure Functions extensions for SQL and Data Explorer
• Durable Functions v2.10.0 introducing table-based partition manager

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Azure Container Apps, Bicep, bring your own certificates and custom domains by John Reilly
• Update: Azure Kubernetes Services Tools extension in VS Code | Azure Friday

All things Dapr

• Dapr v1.11 Release Highlights
• Dapr: Create Applications Faster with Standardized APIs by Marc Duiker
• Aure Greg chats to Marc Duiker about Dapr intro, some demo's in C#. with Gregor Suttie and Marc Duiker
• The Emergence of Active APIs by Bilgin Ibryam
• https://solace.com/blog/dapr-pubsub-event-broker/ by Thomas Kunnumpurath
• Sinking events from Event Hub to CosmosDB with Dapr by Xavier Geerinck
• Call to Action: Share your experiences with #Dapr APIs and help shape the future of #CloudNative application development

GitHub & DevOps

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

GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

• GitHub Issues & Projects – July 20th update
• Metrics for issues, pull requests, and discussions by Zack Koppert
• Improved Issue creation experience for GitHub Mobile
• GitHub CLI project command is now generally available! by Ariel Deitcher

GitHub security and Dependabot

• Security alert: social engineering campaign targets technology industry employees by Alexis Wales
• CodeQL zero to hero part 2: getting started with CodeQL by Sylwia Budzynska

GitHub other topics

• GitHub Copilot Chat beta now available for every organization by Mario Rodriguez
• A developer's guide to prompt engineering and LLMs by Albert Ziegler and John Berryman
• The EU A.I. Act can get democratic control of artificial intelligence–but only if open-source developers get a seat at the table by Shelley McKinley (GitHub’s chief legal officer)

Misc

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

• New azd release, new Azd Community Standup - Getting your application running on Azure has never been easier!
• The next logical step imho: Microsoft officially enters process mining, automation ring with Process Automate Process Mining
• Creating new opportunity across our partner ecosystem in this AI era
• Furthering our AI ambitions – Announcing Bing Chat Enterprise and Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing

And of course: Microsoft Inspire - this landing page leads you to all you need to know around Inspire 2023

🐱‍👤 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:

• Up-level your SAP OData APIs with Azure API Management by Martin Pankraz
• Unveiling Microsoft Sentinel's Impact: Investigating a SAP Breach
• SAP on Azure Video Podcast #152 - The one with Steampunk on Azure (Frank Jentsch & Martin Pankraz)

Learning and Events

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

• Always nteresting to learn how the big players operate: How Uber Optimized Cassandra Operations At Scale by Jaydeepkumar Chovatia, Gopal Mor and Runtian Liu
• State of the API: Microservices Gone Macro and Zombie APIs by loraine Lawson

Golo's Corner

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

• JavaScript: Das ist neu in EcmaScript 2023 (ES2023) // deutsch
• JavaScript: What's New in EcmaScript 2023 (ES2023) // English

Developer Experience

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

• Brain, Bytes, Back, Buns - The Programmer's Priorities by Scott Hanselman
• Survey reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience by Inbal Shani
• aliae - Cross shell and platform alias management. by Jan De Dobbeleer
• The limited fun of every OSS developer: Public Issue Tracker Behaviors

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