Episode 123: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-02-25 09:36:34


# Episode 123: 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:

* [Kyma Release 2.11](https://kyma-project.io/blog/2023/2/13/release-notes-211/) by Zhoujing Wang
* [Automating SAP BTP setup with Terraform – A workaround for Global Account, Directories and Subaccounts with btp CLI](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/02/21/automating-sap-btp-setup-with-terraform-a-workaround-for-global-account-directories-and-subaccounts-with-btp-cli/) by Mauricio Lauffer

## 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:

* Samples for Azure Functions and Open Telemetry on [GitHub](https://github.com/martinjt/otel-azure-functions) by Martin Thwaites
* [What's new in Azure Functions? | Azure Functions Community Standup](https://www.youtube.com/live/67aySC_g-qk?feature=share) - wrap up of last year and some things about Pythons new programming model, I was a bit underwhelmed by the session.
* [Local Development in Static Web Apps: SWA CLI | Azure Static Web Apps Community Standup](https://www.youtube.com/live/cCyH4ydtElY?feature=share)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [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 1.10 release highlights](https://dev.to/diagrid/dapr-110-release-highlights-2429) by Marc Duiker (no surprise that workflows are his highlight 😁)
* [Cloud-Native Microservices: On-Premises oder in der Cloud – mit Dapr](https://www.thinktecture.com/contributions/cloud-native-microservices-on-premises-oder-in-der-cloud-mit-dapr/) by Christian Weyer

### GitHub & DevOps

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

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

* [GitHub Issues & Projects – February 23rd update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-23-github-issues-projects-february-23rd-update/)
* [No more waitlist – code search and code view are available to all in public beta](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-23-no-more-waitlist-code-search-and-code-view-are-available-to-all-in-public-beta/)

#### GitHub security and Dependabot

* [Improved password reset flow for npm](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-21-improved-password-reset-flow-for-npm/)

#### GitHub Actions

* [Integrate Azure Load Testing into GitHub Actions](https://youtu.be/URRCP2RnCAA)
* [Hardware accelerated Android virtualization on Actions Linux larger hosted runners](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-23-hardware-accelerated-android-virtualization-on-actions-windows-and-linux-larger-hosted-runners/)

#### GitHub other topcis

* [Responsible AI pair programming with GitHub Copilot](https://github.blog/2023-02-22-responsible-ai-pair-programming-with-github-copilot/) by Colin Dembovsky
* [Codespaces support for JetBrains Rider (Beta)](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-24-codespaces-support-for-jetbrains-rider-beta/)

### Misc

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

* [Deploy your mission-critical workload in an Azure landing zone | Azure Friday](https://youtu.be/tHMHh5VU-kQ) by Hansjoerg Scherer and Scott Hanselman
* [State of the Azure SDK 2023](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sdk/state-of-the-azure-sdk-2023/)

It is pedal to to the metal for the Azure Developers channel - nearly too many community standups that happened this month:

* [Logic Apps Live - New Community Standup](https://www.youtube.com/live/2OFVKhsLfDk?feature=share)

## 🐱‍👤 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:

* [Better Together: Dynamics 365 CRM & SAP — Part 3](https://switchedon.bowdark.com/better-together-dynamics-365-crm-sap-part-three-2c354a16d59a) by James Wood - the story continues
* [SAP on Azure Video Podcast #132 - The one with a Hands-on workshop integrating SAP and Microsoft](https://youtu.be/6az_vEq0bEg)
* and the GitHub repository for the [DSAG ABAP Developer Days](https://github.com/MartinPankraz/ABAP-Developer-Day) by Martin Pankraz

## Learning and Events

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

* [The Biggest Cloud Native Strategy Mistake](https://blog.container-solutions.com/biggest-cloud-native-strategy-mistake) by Ian Miell - so worth reading
* [Event-Driven Architectures vs. Event-Based Compute in Serverless Applications](https://www.alexdebrie.com/posts/event-driven-vs-event-based/) by Alex DeBrie
* [Short: Domain-driven Design: nur vernünftige Software-Entwicklung?](https://youtu.be/8YeBP3hMTxs) by Eberhard Wolff
* [Domain-driven Design: nur vernünftige Software-Entwicklung?](https://www.youtube.com/live/o1m80WbiFBU?feature=share) by Eberhard Wolff

## Golo's Corner

On sickness leave as far as I have seen - get well soon!

## Developer Experience

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

* [Improve productivity through incremental automation](https://github.com/readme/guides/improve-productivity-automation) by Jess Pomfret
* [A beginner’s guide to learning to code with GitHub Codespaces](https://github.blog/2023-02-22-a-beginners-guide-to-learning-to-code-with-github-codespaces/)

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