Episode 139: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-06-17 07:23:05


# Episode 139: 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:

* [Farewell, Neo! SAP BTP, multi-cloud environment – the deployment environment of choice](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/06/14/farewell-neo-sap-btp-multi-cloud-environment-the-deployment-environment-of-choice/) by Michael Ameling

## 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 ... no news this week

### 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, Easy Auth and .NET authentication](https://johnnyreilly.com/azure-container-apps-easy-auth-and-dotnet-authentication) by John Reilly
* [Use Container App Jobs for scaling Devops Build Agents](https://dev.to/florianlutz/use-container-app-jobs-for-scaling-devops-build-agents-7j6) by Florian Lutz
* New Tutorial: [Tutorial: Deploy self-hosted CI/CD runners and agents with Azure Container Apps jobs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-apps/tutorial-ci-cd-runners-jobs?tabs=bash&pivots=container-apps-jobs-self-hosted-ci-cd-azure-pipelines)

#### All things DAPR

* [Dapr v1.11 is now available](https://blog.dapr.io/posts/2023/06/12/dapr-v1.11-is-now-available/)
* [7 -Dapr - Pub/sub & Output Binding](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-dapr-pubsub-output-binding-martino-bordin%3FtrackingId=6aWyQaNQRJSfvwNft5V3%252Fw%253D%253D/?trackingId=6aWyQaNQRJSfvwNft5V3%2Fw%3D%3D) by Martino Bordin
* [How to upgrade your local Dapr runtime and CLI](https://dev.to/marcduiker/how-to-upgrade-your-local-dapr-runtime-and-cli-4c02) by Marc Duiker
* [Dapr v1.11.0 now available in the Dapr extension for AKS and Arc-enabled Kubernetes](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/dapr-v1-11-0-now-available-in-the-dapr-extension-for-aks-and-arc/ba-p/3844016?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Hannah Hunter
* [Dapr Community Call - June 14th 2023 (#84)](https://youtu.be/wvwEOTdtkKU)
* [Easily create Dapr components and connect to Azure services](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/easily-create-dapr-components-and-connect-to-azure-services/ba-p/3825656?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Hannah Hunter
* [Building Portable Event-Driven Applications with Dapr](https://youtu.be/sTs146Kof6E) by Alice Gibbons and Mark Fussel

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [Bicep param files now available, upgrade to v0.18.4!](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/bicep-param-files-now-available-upgrade-v0184-freek-berson/) by Freek Berson

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

* [Exploring GitHub with the redesigned navigation, now in public beta](https://github.blog/2023-06-15-exploring-github-with-the-redesigned-navigation-now-in-public-beta/) by Justin Young
* [GitHub Issues & Projects – June 15th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-15-github-issues-projects-june-15th-update/)
* [GitHub Availability Report: May 2023](https://github.blog/2023-06-14-github-availability-report-may-2023/) by Jakub Oleksy

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [CodeQL zero to hero part 2: getting started with CodeQL](https://github.blog/2023-06-15-codeql-zero-to-hero-part-2-getting-started-with-codeql/) by Sylwia Budzynska

#### GitHub Actions

* [GitHub Actions – Securing OpenID Connect (OIDC) token permissions in reusable workflows](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-15-github-actions-securing-openid-connect-oidc-token-permissions-in-reusable-workflows/)

#### GitHub other topics

* [Make your GitHub projects more accessible with accessibility-alt-text-bot](https://github.blog/2023-06-12-make-your-github-projects-more-accessible-with-accessibility-alt-text-bot/) by Kate Higa and Kendall Gassner
* [Cloud migration made easy: introducing GitHub Enterprise Importer](https://github.blog/2023-06-12-cloud-migration-made-easy-introducing-github-enterprise-importer/) by Tim Rogers and Melody Mileski
* [Codespaces and Copilot](https://youtu.be/u73FBnKfkqI) by April Edwards

### Misc

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

* [Azd Community Standup | The Azd is now generally available!](https://www.youtube.com/live/guwoSz2CLyY?feature=share) - there are some cool things coming up for `azd`!

## 🐱‍👤 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:

* [What’s new: Sentinel Solution for SAP BTP](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-sentinel-blog/what-s-new-sentinel-solution-for-sap-btp/ba-p/3780794?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Will King
* [SAP on Azure Video Podcast  #147 - The one with HANA scale-out N+N Architectures (Abbas Ali Mir & Momin Qureshi)](https://youtu.be/G4FTPiCeE8o)

## Learning and Events

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

* Not new, but worth to take alook at: [Green Software Foundation](https://greensoftware.foundation/)

And heads up for upcoming events:

* Azure Meetup Rosenheim: [Azure Developer CLI: "azd up" - one command to rule them all](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/azure-meetup-rosenheim/events/293420432/)
* [INNOQ Technology Night: Observability in Java und Domain-driven Design](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/innoq-technology-night-hamburg/events/293879819/)

## 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:

* German version [Apple Vision Pro: Revolutionär oder unnötig? // deutsch](https://youtu.be/_2tNykb-5pg)
* English Version [Apple Vision Pro: Revolutionary or just useless? // English](https://youtu.be/xur0zaA-FAI)

## Developer Experience

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

* [Survey reveals AI’s impact on the developer experience](https://github.blog/2023-06-13-survey-reveals-ais-impact-on-the-developer-experience/) by Inbal Shani

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