Episode 145: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-07-29 08:43:29


# 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](https://www-cio-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cio.com/article/647807/sap-raises-on-prem-support-costs-again-to-drive-cloud-adoption.html/amp/) by Peter Sayer
* [Calling all SAP developers: Announcing the ABAP SDK for Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/sap-google-cloud/new-abap-sdk-for-google-cloud-enables-sap-extensions) ... 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](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTBPJU_Vaz8)
* [Azure Static Web Apps Community Standup - Beyond the frontend with Static Web Apps & Azure Functions](https://www.youtube.com/live/fZljYaqGPy0?feature=share)

### 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.](https://youtu.be/kLpmkvSESEQ) - crisp overview by 
* [Azure Linux with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) | Azure Friday](https://youtu.be/AKjgrveI9ww)
* [Kubernetes Community Days Munich 2023 – Our Wrap-up](https://whiteduck.de/kubernetes-community-days-munich-2023-our-wrap-up/#)

And some announcements around Fermyon that are worth a look:

* [Announcing the Spin Up Hub](https://www.fermyon.com/blog/announcing-spin-up-hub) by Sohan Maheshwar
* [Announcing Fermyon Cloud’s NoOps SQL Database (Private Beta)](https://www.fermyon.com/blog/announcing-noops-sql-db) by MacKenzie Olson
* [Announcing Custom Domains on Fermyon Cloud](https://www.fermyon.com/blog/announcing-custom-domains) by MacKenzie Olson

#### All things Dapr

* [Dapr - The ultimate developer API for authoring microservices](https://youtu.be/mBgQBMhboyU)
* [Dapr Community Call - July 26th (#87)](https://youtu.be/_I3fD5PYlH0)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [3 NEW AZURE BICEP FEATURES](https://gregorsuttie.com/2023/07/24/3-new-azure-bicep-features/) by Gergor Suttie and Freek Berson

#### GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

* [GitHub Repository Rules are now generally available](https://github.blog/2023-07-24-github-repository-rules-are-now-generally-available/)
* [GitHub Issues & Projects – July 27th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-27-github-issues-projects-july-27th-update/)

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [Get global security advisories via REST API](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-28-get-global-security-advisories-via-rest-api/)
* [CodeQL updates from the first half of 2023](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-27-codeql-updates-from-the-first-half-of-2023/)

#### GitHub Actions

* [New tool to secure your GitHub Actions](https://github.blog/2023-06-26-new-tool-to-secure-your-github-actions/) by Jaroslav Lobacevski

#### GitHub other topics

* [How to get AI regulation right for open source](https://github.blog/2023-07-27-scaling-merge-ort-across-github/) by Matt Cooper
* [How to responsibly adopt GitHub Copilot with the GitHub Copilot Trust Center](https://github.blog/2023-07-25-how-to-responsibly-adopt-github-copilot-with-the-github-copilot-trust-center/) by Shelley McKinley
* [Scaling merge-ort across GitHub](https://github.blog/2023-07-26-how-to-get-ai-regulation-right-for-open-source/) 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](https://ninocrudele.com/odata-api-in-azure-api-management-simplifying-data-access-and-enhancing-security) by Nino Crudele
* [Meta LLama 2 Foundational Model with Prompt Flow](https://www.youtube.com/live/F9r4nE53j4A?feature=share)

## 🐱‍👤 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)](https://youtu.be/AfFA6I5jd1Q)
* [Nerdletter Talk Issue 42](https://youtu.be/3QlCZmadR_w)

## 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](https://www.slideshare.net/nmeisenzahl/cloudnative-sustainability-how-and-why-to-build-sustainable-workloads) by Nico Meisenzahl
* [Managed Kubernetes Service: Day Zero Survival Pack](https://www.youtube.com/live/a3eGZsOm1Lg?feature=share) by Cloud Lunch and Learn
* [Full Kubernetes tutorial on Docker, KinD, kubectl, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana](https://youtu.be/SeQevrW176A) by Anais Urlichs
* [Domain driven Design: Konzepte und Fallstricke](https://youtu.be/XQ_YfIYJjZo) by Eberhard Wolff

## Golo's Corner

As a regular guest and due to the high-quality content here an overview what [Golo Roden](https://twitter.com/goloroden) provided us this week:

* [EcmaScript 4: Die verlorene Version // deutsch](https://youtu.be/-yEbAQ2Px_0)
* [EcmaScript 4: The Lost Version // English](https://youtu.be/Uof_nYWHVuo)

## 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](https://www.eficode.com/devops-podcast/dev-environments-as-code-on-any-infrastructure) with Lian Li
* [Setting Goals for Your Open Source Contributions](https://dev.to/opensauced/setting-goals-for-your-open-source-contributions-349b)

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