Episode 131: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-04-22 06:30:27


# Episode 131: 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:

* [S/4HANA Cloud Events and SAP BTP Kyma](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/04/15/s-4hana-cloud-events-and-sap-btp-kyma/) by Gunter Albrecht
* [Introducing a new subscription API](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/03/24/__trashed-70/) by Korbinian Stoemmer
* [SAP BTP, Kyma runtime k8s APIs with API Management](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/04/20/sap-btp-kyma-runtime-k8s-apis-with-api-management/) by Piotr Tesny

## 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:

* [The Go Show #5: Creating Azure Serverless Functions with Go](https://www.youtube.com/live/x183BjDQraE?feature=share) by Liam Hampton
* [Durable Functions Troubleshooting Guide](https://learn.microsoft.com/azure/azure-functions/durable/durable-functions-troubleshooting-guide) - Feeback to Microsoft welcome
* [Data API builder first drive: a basic Jamstack application](https://youtu.be/jw2V9NMdI14) by Davide Mauri

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* It was Kubecon, so here an overview from Microsoft perspective: [Join Microsoft at KubeCon and CloudNativeCon Europe 2023](https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2023/04/18/join-microsoft-at-kubecon-and-cloudnativecon-europe-2023/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195)
* [Azure Kubernetes upgrades and Long Term Support](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-kubernetes-upgrades-and-long-term-support/ba-p/3782789?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Justin Davies
* [Leverage OpenCost on Azure Kubernetes Service to understand and monitor your infrastructure spend](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/leverage-opencost-on-azure-kubernetes-service-to-understand-and/ba-p/3796813?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Kaysie Yu
* [Isovalent Cilium Enterprise in Azure Marketplace](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/isovalent-cilium-enterprise-in-azure-marketplace/?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Deepak Bansal
* [Dapr extension for AKS is available in 7 new regions](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/dapr-extension-for-aks-is-available-in-7-new-regions/ba-p/3793961?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Hannah Hunter
* [Carbon Aware KEDA Operator](https://github.com/Azure/carbon-aware-keda-operator)
  * [Proposal to integrate AKS's Carbon-Aware-Scaler in to KEDA](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/4463)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

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

* [Pull request merge queue (public beta): API support and recent fixes](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-19-pull-request-merge-queue-public-beta-api-support-and-recent-fixes/)
* [Introducing Repository Rules Public Beta](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-17-introducing-repository-rules-public-beta/)

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [Private vulnerability reporting now generally available](https://github.blog/2023-04-19-private-vulnerability-reporting-now-generally-available/) by Eric Tooley and Kate Catlin
* [Introducing npm package provenance](https://github.blog/2023-04-19-introducing-npm-package-provenance/) by Brian DeHamer and Philip Harrison
* [Enable security features for multiple repositories from your organization-level security coverage page](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-17-enable-security-features-for-multiple-repositories-from-your-organization-level-security-coverage-page/)
* [Repository topics and team filters for enterprise-level Dependabot, secret scanning, and code scanning pages](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-13-repository-topics-and-team-filters-for-enterprise-level-dependabot-secret-scanning-and-code-scanning-pages/)

#### GitHub Actions

* [Announcing GitHub Actions Deployment Protection Rules, now in public beta](https://github.blog/2023-04-20-announcing-github-actions-deployment-protection-rules-now-in-public-beta/) by Brian Randell

#### GitHub other topics

* [GitHub joins industry commitment to curb cyber mercenaries](https://github.blog/2023-04-18-github-joins-industry-commitment-to-curb-cyber-mercenaries/) by Mike Linksvayer
* [Generate an SBOM with the REST API](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-12-generate-an-sbom-with-the-rest-api/)
* Attention: [Deprecation: Importing non-Git repositories with GitHub Importer](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-04-17-deprecation-importing-non-git-repositories-with-github-importer/)

### Misc

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

* [Azure Cognitive Service for Vision with the Florence foundation model | Azure Friday](https://youtu.be/JHEcv6gRurg)
* [Power Platform Adoption Assessment](https://learn.microsoft.com/assessments/3c62fd23-9d36-491c-8941-26d5553365f8/)
* [Announcement: Azure Logic Apps' New Data Mapper for Visual Studio Code (Preview)](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/integrations-on-azure-blog/announcement-azure-logic-apps-new-data-mapper-for-visual-studio/ba-p/3777138?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195) by Alex Zúñiga
  * And a video walkthrough: [Announcement: Introducing Data Mapper Public Preview](https://youtu.be/TM6PaHmk7eo)

## 🐱‍👤 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:

* [Power Platform + SAP - Calling SAP Tables](https://youtu.be/ZtNP78rNdp4) by Holger Bruchelt
* [Announcing Microsoft AI SDK for SAP](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/announcing-microsoft-ai-sdk-sap-gopal-nair/) by Gopal Nair - that's huge
  * and here the GutHub repository: [Microsoft AI SDK for SAP](https://github.com/microsoft/aisdkforsapabap)
* [AP on Azure Video Podcast #140 - The one with Sentinel for SAP (Yoav Daniely, Yossi Hasson & Martin Pankraz, Sebastian Ullrich)](https://youtu.be/uVsrqCoVWlI)

## 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:

* [Top Entwickler:in? Diese 8 Fähigkeiten brauchst Du! // deutsch](https://youtu.be/vrJ9JtGywkI) - very valuable!
* Live Stream: [enterJS Special: Exklusive Infos + Gewinnspiel // deutsch](https://www.youtube.com/live/l2uZL4UXXUg?feature=share)

## Developer Experience

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

* [How generative AI is changing the way developers work](https://github.blog/2023-04-14-how-generative-ai-is-changing-the-way-developers-work/) by Damian Brady
* [Developer: Natürliche Feinde der Softwarearchitektur?](https://www.heise.de/blog/Entwickler-innen-natuerliche-Feinde-der-Softwarearchitektur-8971097.html) by Eberhard Wolff
* [New Azure Extensions in VSCode.dev!](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/new-azure-extensions-in-vscode-dev/ba-p/3795806?WT.mc_id=AZ-MVP-5004195)

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