Episode 145: 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 raises on-prem support costs again to drive cloud adoption by Peter Sayer
• Calling all SAP developers: Announcing the ABAP SDK for Google Cloud ... well, well well, guess which vendor is missing in the game of ABAP SDKs.

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 Cache for Redis Community Standup - Redis Triggers for Azure Functions
• Azure Static Web Apps Community Standup - Beyond the frontend with Static Web Apps & Azure Functions

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Understand Azure Container Apps ACA) | The Basics. - crisp overview by
• Azure Linux with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Azure Friday
• Kubernetes Community Days Munich 2023 – Our Wrap-up

And some announcements around Fermyon that are worth a look:

• Announcing the Spin Up Hub by Sohan Maheshwar
• Announcing Fermyon Cloud’s NoOps SQL Database (Private Beta) by MacKenzie Olson
• Announcing Custom Domains on Fermyon Cloud by MacKenzie Olson

All things Dapr

• Dapr - The ultimate developer API for authoring microservices
• Dapr Community Call - July 26th (#87)

GitHub & DevOps

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

• 3 NEW AZURE BICEP FEATURES by Gergor Suttie and Freek Berson

GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

• GitHub Repository Rules are now generally available
• GitHub Issues & Projects – July 27th update

GitHub security and Dependabot

• Get global security advisories via REST API
• CodeQL updates from the first half of 2023

GitHub Actions

• New tool to secure your GitHub Actions by Jaroslav Lobacevski

GitHub other topics

• How to get AI regulation right for open source by Matt Cooper
• How to responsibly adopt GitHub Copilot with the GitHub Copilot Trust Center by Shelley McKinley
• Scaling merge-ort across GitHub by Peter Cihon

Misc

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

• OData API in Azure API Management: Simplifying Data Access and Enhancing Security by Nino Crudele
• Meta LLama 2 Foundational Model with Prompt Flow

🐱‍👤 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 #153 - The one with Private Link and Azure OpenAI (Harutyun Ter-Minasyan, Martin Pankraz)
• Nerdletter Talk Issue 42

Learning and Events

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

• Cloud-Native & Sustainability: How and Why to Build Sustainable Workloads by Nico Meisenzahl
• Managed Kubernetes Service: Day Zero Survival Pack by Cloud Lunch and Learn
• Full Kubernetes tutorial on Docker, KinD, kubectl, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana by Anais Urlichs
• Domain driven Design: Konzepte und Fallstricke by 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:

• EcmaScript 4: Die verlorene Version // deutsch
• EcmaScript 4: The Lost Version // English

Developer Experience

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

• Dev-environments-as-code on any infrastructure with Lian Li
• Setting Goals for Your Open Source Contributions

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