Episode 117: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-01-14 10:18:21


# Episode 117: 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 BTP ABAP Environment – Pre-Upgrade Option for Release 2302](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/01/11/sap-btp-abap-environment-pre-upgrade-option-for-release-2302/)

and some Kyma updates:

* [Deprecation of the Istio sidecar injection annotation](https://kyma-project.io/blog/2022/12/30/deprecation-of-istio-sidecar-injection-annotation)
* [Support for XFF with Istio](https://kyma-project.io/blog/2023/1/11/istio-xff-support)
* [Issuing JWT security best practices](https://kyma-project.io/blog/2023/1/12/jwt-best-practices)

## 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 Functions 2022 recap and 2023 sneak peek](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/azure-functions-2022-recap-and-2023-sneak-peek/ba-p/3710636)
* [Migrating to Isolated Durable Functions](https://markheath.net/post/migrating-to-isolated-durable-functions)

And some must watch videos from AWS re:Invent around serverless:

* [AWS re:Invent 2022 - Best practices for advanced serverless developers (SVS401)](https://youtu.be/PiQ_eZFO2GU)
* [AWS re:Invent 2022 - Building next-gen applications with event-driven architectures (API311-R)](https://youtu.be/SbL3a9YOW7s)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [The Azure Kubernetes Service Checklist](https://www.the-aks-checklist.com/)
* [Dapr Community Call 75](https://youtu.be/pOT8teL6j_k)
* [Managed Dapr with Azure Container Apps](https://youtu.be/UWGVT3yyrKw)
* That looks very promising: [Dapr and workflow](https://twitter.com/yaronschneider/status/1612872922695360512?s=20&t=_7rRPW58nmGG5oWpTKu94A)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [How the Xbox Customer Experiences Team uses DevOps](https://youtu.be/vyunKglV8hE) - not brand new, but interesting
* [Convert Pipelines to Actions](https://pipelinestoactions.azurewebsites.net/)

2023 and GitHub is full steam ahead:

* [GitHub Issues – January 12th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-12-github-issues-january-12th-update/) - Hope the forms also will land at PR templates soon.
* [GitHub Actions – Support for organization-wide required workflows public beta](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-10-github-actions-support-for-organization-wide-required-workflows-public-beta/)
* [Introducing required workflows and configuration variables to GitHub Actions](https://github.blog/2023-01-10-introducing-required-workflows-and-configuration-variables-to-github-actions/)
* [GitHub Actions – Support for configuration variables in workflows](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-10-github-actions-support-for-configuration-variables-in-workflows/)
* [A smarter, quieter Dependabot](https://github.blog/2023-01-12-a-smarter-quieter-dependabot/)
* [Passwordless deployments to the cloud](https://github.blog/2023-01-11-passwordless-deployments-to-the-cloud/)
* [Code scanning can be set up more easily without committing a workflow file to the repository](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-09-code-scanning-can-be-set-up-more-easily-without-committing-a-workflow-file-to-the-repository/) and [Default setup: A new way to enable GitHub code scanning](https://github.blog/2023-01-09-default-setup-a-new-way-to-enable-github-code-scanning/)
* [GitHub Actions: OpenID Connect token now supports more claims for configuring granular cloud access](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-10-github-actions-openid-connect-token-now-supports-more-claims-for-configuring-granular-cloud-access/)
* [GitHub Discussions just got better with Category Forms!](https://github.blog/2023-01-09-github-discussions-just-got-better-with-category-forms/)
* [New GitHub CLI extension tools](https://github.blog/2023-01-13-new-github-cli-extension-tools/)

### Misc

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

* [How to: Send images from Azure Logic Apps to a Custom API – as Multipart From-Data](https://tomow.de/dev/how-to-send-images-from-azure-logic-apps-to-a-custom-api-as-multipart-from-data/)

The Azure Developer CLI Corner:

* [Azure Developer CLI (`azd`) – January 2023 Release](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/azure-developer-cli-azd-january-2023-release/)

**Attention**: The new version [0.5.0-beta.1](https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/releases/tag/azure-dev-cli_0.5.0-beta.1) had a glitch concerning log on via `azd logon` to private Azure subscriptions. This is fixed with version [0.5.0-beta.2](https://github.com/Azure/azure-dev/releases/tag/azure-dev-cli_0.5.0-beta.2).

## 🐱‍👤 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 #126 - The one with Disaster Recovery Guidelines for SAP Workload (Dennis Padia)](https://youtu.be/HEGLYdwGi24)

## Learning and Events

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

* [A few thoughts and information about the possibility of renewing Microsoft certifications!](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn/a-few-thoughts-and-information-about-the-possibility-of-renewing/m-p/3711215)
* [Actions speak louder than words: Building better communities](https://youtu.be/9aU4isQeYhY)
* Some Learning around OAuth:
   * [Getting started with OAuth 2.0](https://youtu.be/1F2nQFdY4cs)
   * [More OAuth 2.0](https://youtu.be/lkK9DLvmje0)

And heads up for upcoming events:

* [Welsh Azure User Group - Call for Speakers](https://sessionize.com/welsh-azure-user-group-cfs/)
* [It's Low Code February!](https://microsoft.github.io/Low-Code/lowcode-february/)

## Golo's Corner

No news from Golo this week ... hopefully everything is fine.

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