Episode 143: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-07-15 06:16:50


# Episode 143: 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:

* [Monitoring the Performance of Outbound Communication in the ABAP Environment in the Cloud](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/07/03/monitoring-the-performance-of-outbound-communication-in-the-abap-environment-in-the-cloud/) by Anke Griesbaum
* [SAP CEO Christian Klein is bullish about India, says country is a 'clear winner in next phase of globalisation'](https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/interview/story/sap-ceo-christian-klein-is-bullish-about-india-says-country-is-a-clear-winner-in-next-phase-of-globalisation-389233-2023-07-11) by Nidhi Singal

## 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:

* Update to .NET isolated isolated process Function App [SDK types (preview)](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/dotnet-isolated-process-guide#sdk-types-preview)
* [The Business of Serverless with Yan Cui](https://youtu.be/ztVSrQikdlo)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [Run Containerized Tasks with Jobs in Azure Container Apps](https://youtu.be/keg6C3WcJEw)
* [Kubetools - A Curated List of Kubernetes Tools](https://github.com/collabnix/kubetools)
* [Streamline Network Observability on AKS](https://dev.to/azure/streamline-network-observability-on-aks-3dl5) by Paul Yu
* [Announcing Spin v1.4](https://www.fermyon.com/blog/spin-v14) by Melissa Klein

#### All things Dapr

* [Dapr Community Call #86](https://youtu.be/HaupRpC-UIc)
* [Dapr building block: publish and subscribe](https://youtu.be/9MuhAbduHmo)
* [11- Dapr - The end](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/11-dapr-end-martino-bordin/) by Martino Bordin

### GitHub & DevOps

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

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

* [GitHub Availability Report: June 2023](https://github.blog/2023-07-12-github-availability-report-june-2023/) by Jakub Oleksy
* [GitHub Issues & Projects – July 13th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-13-github-issues-projects-july-13th-update/) 
* [Demonstrating end-to-end traceability with pull requests](https://github.blog/2023-07-11-demonstrating-end-to-end-traceability-with-pull-requests/) by Philip Holleran

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [Code scanning with CodeQL no longer installs Python dependencies automatically for new users](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-12-code-scanning-with-codeql-no-longer-installs-python-dependencies-automatically-for-new-users/)
* [Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com](https://github.blog/2023-07-12-introducing-passwordless-authentication-on-github-com/) by Hirsch Singhal

#### GitHub Actions

* [GitHub Actions – OIDC integration with AWS no longer requires pinning of intermediate TLS certificates](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-07-13-github-actions-oidc-integration-with-aws-no-longer-requires-pinning-of-intermediate-tls-certificates/)

#### GitHub other topics

* [Moving from a product to a service mindset](https://github.blog/2023-07-13-moving-from-a-product-to-a-service-mindset/) by Chris Reddington

### Azure Developer CLI

* [Azure Developer CLI (azd) – July 2023 Release](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azure-developer-cli-azd-july-2023-release/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Savannah Ostrowski - a lot of cool stuff!
* [Release Notes](https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/releases/tag/azure-dev-cli_1.1.0) on GitHub
* New learning module: [Introduction to Azure Developer CLI](https://learn.microsoft.com/training/modules/introduction-to-azure-developer-cli/)
* And here is the upcoming community call: [Azd Community Standup | Getting your application running on Azure has never been easier!](https://www.youtube.com/live/BbzTdPgRk7E?feature=share)

### Misc

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

* Forbes: [On AI: Microsoft Copilot Is Going To Be Huge. Here Are 6 Critical Things Every Business Owner Should Know.](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2023/07/12/on-ai-microsoft-copilot-is-going-to-be-huge-here-are-6-critical-things-every-business-owner-should-know/) by Gene Marks
* [Supporting educators to empower all students with computing skills](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-blog/supporting-educators-to-empower-all-students-with-computing/ba-p/3868622) by Eric Martinez
* Not only SAP can do a renaming: [Azure AD is becoming Microsoft Entra ID](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/azure-ad-is-becoming-microsoft-entra-id/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) and some new features coming along [Introducing Microsoft Entra ID Recommendations For Identifying ADAL Applications](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/identity/azure-ad-recommendations-adal/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Den Delimarsky
* [Microsoft New AI CoDi is Mind Blowing and Breaking the Internet!](https://youtu.be/N2osuAknnXs)

## 🐱‍👤 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 BTP ABAP Environment integration journey with Microsoft – Part 2 – using API Management](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/07/14/sap-btp-abap-environment-integration-journey-with-microsoft-part-2-using-api-management/) by Martin Pankraz
* [SAP on Azure Video Podcast #151 - The one with SAP CAP and Azure Cosmos DB (Volker Buzek & Martin Pankraz)](https://youtu.be/rtENmIqRNHI)

## Learning and Events

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

* [No cyber resilience without open source sustainability](https://github.blog/2023-07-12-no-cyber-resilience-without-open-source-sustainability/) by Mike Linksvayer
* [Real-time applications with Azure Web PubSub - Poornima Nayar - NDC Oslo 2023](https://youtu.be/rL8ckLV_oRQ)
* Software-Architektur.tv: [Arcards - Ein Spiel um Begriffe aus der Software-Architektur](https://www.youtube.com/live/FFcquNj4y_g?feature=share)

## 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:

* [REST, GraphQL und gRPC: Der große Vergleich // deutsch](https://youtu.be/NsdnGAAJfDk)
* [REST, GraphQL and GRPC: Which? When? Why? // English](https://youtu.be/WQ09G3bbaIA)

## Developer Experience

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

* [(De)coding conventions](https://github.blog/2023-07-13-decoding-conventions/) by Martin Woodward and Neha Batra
* [Dev-optimized, cloud-based workstations—Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/dev-optimized-cloud-based-workstations-microsoft-dev-box-is-now-generally-available/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Anthony Cangialosi

## Mental Health

One special section for this edition as the following post of a former SAP Mentor colleague passed my timeline on LinkedIn which I think is very important to share: [Breaking Point - Losing My Voice](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/breaking-point-losing-my-voice-gareth-ryan) by Gareth Ryan

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