Episode 119: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2023-01-28 08:54:41


# Episode 119: 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:

* [Deploy SpringBoot web Application(tomcat server) to BTP Kyma runtime](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/01/24/deployee-springboot-web-applicationtomcat-server-to-btp-kyma-runtime/)
* [Automating SAP BTP setup with Terraform – Infrastructure as Code for Cloud Foundry and Kyma Environments](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/01/23/automating-sap-btp-setup-with-terraform-infrastructure-as-code-for-cloud-foundry-and-kyma-environments/) ... but mind the gap wrt to SAP BTP resources

## 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:

* [Welcome to Azure Static Web Apps Community Standups](https://www.youtube.com/live/7hTQJs9Ku5Y?feature=share)
* [Azure Static Web App Resources](https://dev.to/stacy_cash/azure-static-web-app-resources-3gnm)
* [Integrating network isolated backends with Azure Static Web Apps](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/integrating-network-isolated-backends-with-azure-static-web-apps/ba-p/3721136)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

Maybe I missed some news in this area, but at least cool stuff around Dapr:

* [Introducing Conductor: Manage Dapr on your Kubernetes cluster](https://youtu.be/k4f_-_dOtO0)
* [Dapr Community Call 76](https://youtu.be/s1p9MNl4VGo) => epic stuff around the Workflow component

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [Bicep for Real](https://bicepforreal.com/)
* [How to create availability tests for App Service using Bicep](https://dev.to/azure/how-to-create-availability-tests-for-app-service-using-bicep-5364)
* [Hardening Terraform CI/CD — Building a Reliable Terraform Code](https://medium.com/@calvineotieno010/hardening-terraform-ci-cd-building-a-reliable-terraform-code-ff76eafaf1e1)
* [GitHub Projects – January 26th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-26-github-projects-january-26th-update/)
* [Remediation made simple: Introducing new validity checks for GitHub tokens](https://github.blog/2023-01-19-remediation-made-simple-introducing-new-validity-checks-for-github-tokens/)
* [Unlocking security updates for transitive dependencies with npm](https://github.blog/2023-01-19-unlocking-security-updates-for-transitive-dependencies-with-npm/)
* [Dependabot alerts prettified link and hovercard](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-24-dependabot-alerts-prettified-link-and-hovercard/)
* [Dependabot alerts are now visible to more developers](https://github.blog/2023-01-17-dependabot-alerts-are-now-visible-to-more-developers/)
* [How to add a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to your containers with GitHub Actions](https://actuated.dev/blog/sbom-in-github-actions)
* [Bringing GitHub Actions to GitHub Mobile](https://github.blog/2023-01-20-bringing-github-actions-to-github-mobile/)
* [GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-01-23-github-sponsors-will-stop-supporting-paypal/)

### Misc

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

* First things first - the Azure Developer CLI community call: [What's new in the Azure Developer CLI (azd) - January 2023 release](https://www.youtube.com/live/uhFXxHnhJts?feature=share)
* [Azure Native New Relic Service: Full stack observability in minutes](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/azure-native-new-relic-service-full-stack-observability-in-minutes/)
* [Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/01/23/microsoftandopenaiextendpartnership/)

## 🐱‍👤 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 private linky swear with Azure – global scale with Azure Cosmos DB and SAP Private Link](https://blogs.sap.com/2023/01/27/sap-private-linky-swear-with-azure-global-scale-with-azure-cosmos-db-with-sap-private-link/)
* [SAP & Power Apps: Use Case for Truck Compliance](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sap-power-apps-use-case-truck-compliance-ronald-knienieder/)
* [SAP on Azure Video Podcast 128 - The one with Oracle ASM configuration (Cameron Gardiner)](https://youtu.be/lkbA-IX1EP0)

## Learning and Events

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

* [Das Strangler Fig Pattern](https://www.youtube.com/live/QkIdWnwFuqo?feature=share)
* DDD Europe 2022 Talks are coming online: [Playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf9p-N3ltMTuLsC4ZtY0CXIBfldqiVbgG)
* ... and with that: [Is Domain Driven Design Overrated? | Stefan Tilkov](https://youtu.be/cTtO0oFohMY)

And heads up for upcoming events:

* [First ever Azure Container Apps live stream!](https://www.youtube.com/live/D4tNmIeoX0c?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:

* [Webentwicklung: Alle Wege führen nach Rome // deutsch](https://youtu.be/3C68px_o2qU) 
* [Performance optimieren – live! // deutsch](https://www.youtube.com/live/SsdC4acgzXg?feature=share) => that one was dope!

## Productivity & Developer Experience

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

* [100 million developers and counting](https://github.blog/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting/)
* [Unpacking the value of open source and code collaboration](https://github.blog/2023-01-20-unpacking-the-value-of-open-source-and-code-collaboration/)
* Important to read in these times: [Things to do and not to do during a wave of tech layoffs](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/things-do-during-wave-tech-layoffs-christian-heilmann-/)

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