Episode 141: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-07-01 09:14:42


# Episode 141: 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:

* **THE** news of this week (and yes I am proud to be part of that): [Terraform provider for SAP BTP now available for non-productive use](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/06/26/terraform-provider-for-sap-btp-now-available-for-non-productive-use/) - your find it [here](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/SAP/btp/latest)
  * [GitHub Repo](https://github.com/SAP/terraform-provider-btp)
  * [Samples Repo](https://github.com/SAP-samples/btp-terraform-samples)
* [SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime modularization framework is going live](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/06/29/sap-btp-kyma-runtime-modularization-framework-is-going-live/) by Varban Vasilev
* [CIOs vermissen bei SAP den End-to-End-Fokus](https://www.datacenter-insider.de/dsag-roundtable-sap-kritik-a-b9dae2e90a2c94407e6cfd280687120a/)

## 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?

* Slides and code samples: [Azure Container Apps: Endlich Serverless?!](https://www.thinktecture.com/contributions/azure-container-apps-endlich-serverless/) by Thorsten Hans
* GitHub samples: [ContainerApps Blue-Green Deployment](https://github.com/Azure-Samples/containerapps-blue-green)

#### All things Dapr

* [Dapr Community Call #85](https://youtu.be/ZrYd56PSkwc)
* [Local Development of Cloud-Native Apps Using Dapr and Testcontainers](https://youtu.be/7-VbganahZQ) by Mauricio Salatino and Oleg Šelajev
* [Building invincible microservices with Dapr Resiliency](https://youtu.be/Qz89SAZ98w4) by Aaron Crawfis and Nick Greenfield
* [9 - Dapr - Resiliency](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/9-dapr-resiliency-martino-bordin%3FtrackingId=4qZB5MxcDgOyIZ27bAai%252FQ%253D%253D/?trackingId=4qZB5MxcDgOyIZ27bAai%2FQ%3D%3D) by Martino Bordin
* [Open at Microsoft: Dapr](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/open-at-microsoft-dapr/ba-p/3857064) by Aaron Crawfis
* [How to use the Dapr Workflow building block](https://youtu.be/ZjVev6Q7pdg)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [Using bicep and Azure DevOps to deploy your Logic Apps (Standard)](https://youtu.be/Tw0scX2K8J0)
* [Deploying Azure Email Communication Service with Bicep](https://medium.com/medialesson/deploying-azure-email-communication-service-with-bicep-e52954c47b7) by Thomas Pentenrieder
* [Azure access from GitHub and GitLab pipelines - without secrets](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/azure-access-from-github-and-gitlab-pipelines-without-secrets/ba-p/3858885) by Christian Geuer-Pollmann
* [Using Workload Identities for Bicep Deployments in GitHub Actions](https://dev.to/willvelida/using-workload-identities-for-bicep-deployments-in-github-actions-5ebe) by Will Velida
* [Terraform import blocks to import Azure resources into Terraform](https://thomasthornton.cloud/2023/06/27/terraform-import-blocks-to-import-azure-resources-into-terraform/) by Thomas Thornton

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [Security risk and coverage pages are now generally available and replace the enterprise-level overview page](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-29-security-risk-and-coverage-pages-are-now-generally-available-and-replace-the-enterprise-level-overview-page/)
* [Grouped version updates for Dependabot public beta](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-30-grouped-version-updates-for-dependabot-public-beta/)

#### GitHub Actions

* [Introduction to GitHub Actions](https://youtu.be/Szykgp7yl4s) by Anaïs Urlichs
* [Security Scanning in your CI/CD pipeline through GitHub Actions with Trivy](https://youtu.be/GGWinWTHqCY) by Anaïs Urlichs
* [New tool to secure your GitHub Actions](https://github.blog/2023-06-26-new-tool-to-secure-your-github-actions/) by Jaroslav Lobacevski
* [GitHub Actions – Actions Runner General availability](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-06-30-github-actions-actions-runner-general-availability/)

#### GitHub other topics

* [The economic impact of the AI-powered developer lifecycle and lessons from GitHub Copilot](https://github.blog/2023-06-27-the-economic-impact-of-the-ai-powered-developer-lifecycle-and-lessons-from-github-copilot/) by Thomas Dohmke

## 🐱‍👤 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 S/4HANA Cloud ABAP Environment integration journey with Microsoft – Part 1](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/06/30/sap-s-4hana-cloud-abap-environment-integration-journey-with-microsoft-part-1/) by Martin Pankraz
* [SAP Security with Microsoft Sentinel's SOAR Capabilities](https://youtu.be/b-AZnR-nQpg) by Martin Pankraz
* [SAP on Azure Video Podcast  #149 - The one with SAP, Azure Open AI and Power Virtual Agent (Michael Mergell)](https://youtu.be/IO1cNyAJcYI)

## Learning and Events

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

* [AMA with Thomas Maurer about Azure certification on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/AzureCertification/comments/14f2ej3/im_thomas_maurer_microsoft_certified_trainer_mct/) - a lot of helpful content
* Pulumi Workshop: [Pulumi: Production Ready Kubernetes Workshop](https://github.com/dirien/pulumi-production-ready-kubernetes) by Engin Diri
* [Illegale Softwarearchitekturen](https://www.innoq.com/de/articles/2023/06/illegale-softwarearchitekturen/) by Gerrit Beine

## 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:

* [KI, Machine-Learning, ChatGPT, Deep-Learning & Co. einfach erklärt! // deutsch](https://youtu.be/CY5wp7-uh6Y)
* [AI, Machine Learning, ChatGPT, Deep Learning & co. simply explained! // English](https://youtu.be/HfPPKY3SgTk)

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