Episode 114: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2022-12-10 09:07:31


# Episode 114: 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:

* [Exploring the BTP Service Metadata project - Part 3](https://youtu.be/Jq-QcqLRrC8)
* The boring Enterprise Nerdcast - [SAP TechEd 2022 with Jon Reed](https://the-boring-enterprise-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/sap-teched-2022-with-jon-reed)
* [SAP BTP Kyma/Kubernetes how-to: Pull from private repository](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/12/04/sap-btp-kyma-kubernetes-how-to-pull-from-private-repository/)
* **Attention** [Deprecation of Prometheus/Grafana based monitoring in SAP BTP Kyma Runtime](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/12/09/deprecation-of-prometheus-grafana-based-monitoring-in-sap-btp-kyma-runtime/) 

## 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:

* [Deep linking with Azure Static Web Apps and Easy Auth](https://blog.johnnyreilly.com/2022/12/04/azure-static-web-apps-easyauth-deeplink)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [Deploy your first container app using Terraform and GitHub Actions tutorial/lab](https://thomasthornton.cloud/2022/12/06/deploy-your-first-container-app-using-terraform-and-github-actions-tutorial-lab/)
* [Azure Kubernetes Service: RBAC options in practice](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/fasttrack-for-azure/azure-kubernetes-service-rbac-options-in-practice/ba-p/3684275)
* [Azure Kubernetes Service – Using Kubernetes credential plugin kubelogin with Terraform](https://www-danielstechblog-io.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.danielstechblog.io/azure-kubernetes-service-using-kubernetes-credential-plugin-kubelogin-with-terraform/amp/)
* [Mitigate threats with the new threat matrix for Kubernetes](https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/12/07/mitigate-threats-with-the-new-threat-matrix-for-kubernetes/)
* [Forensic container checkpointing in Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/12/05/forensic-container-checkpointing-alpha/)
* Quite some stuff in the new release: [KEDA 2.9.0](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/releases/tag/v2.9.0)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [GitHub Availability Report: November 2022](https://github.blog/2022-12-07-github-availability-report-november-2022/)
* [Limit scope of npm tokens with the new granular access tokens](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-06-limit-scope-of-npm-tokens-with-the-new-granular-access-tokens/)
* [Updated timeline for the deprecation of CodeQL Action v1](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-07-updated-timeline-for-the-deprecation-of-codeql-action-v1/)
* [GitHub Actions workflow notifications in Slack and Microsoft Teams](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-06-github-actions-workflow-notifications-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams/)
* [GitHub app in Slack and Microsoft Teams – improvements](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-07-github-app-in-slack-and-microsoft-teams-improvements/)
* [Organization-level security risk and coverage pages replace overview page](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-02-organization-level-security-risk-and-coverage-pages-replace-overview-page/)
* [Secret scanning now detects new secrets in issue content](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-12-08-secret-scanning-now-detects-new-secrets-in-issue-content/)
* [Deploying to Azure from GitHub Actions, no passwords required!](https://oscarvantol.nl/blogs/github-to-azure-openid-connect/)

And an organizational note: [Hello from GitHub’s new Chief Product Officer](https://github.blog/2022-12-08-hello-from-githubs-new-chief-product-officer/)

### Misc

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

* [Microsoft and Isovalent partner to bring next generation eBPF dataplane for cloud-native applications in Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-and-isovalent-partner-to-bring-next-generation-ebpf-dataplane-for-cloudnative-applications-in-azure/)
* [Managing, reporting, and reducing your costs in Azure | Azure Friday](https://youtu.be/XQTQz-MgEBA)
* [Microsoft Azure's defense in depth approach to cloud vulnerabilities](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-azures-defense-in-depth-approach-to-cloud-vulnerabilities/)

## 🐱‍👤 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:

* [Automatic SAP BTP trust store certificate renewal with Azure Key Vault – or how to stop thinking about expiry dates once and for all](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/12/02/automatic-sap-btp-trust-store-certificate-renewal-with-azure-key-vault-or-how-to-stop-thinking-about-expiry-dates-once-and-for-all/)
* Looks interesting [sap-cloud-sdk-on-azure-app-srv](https://github.com/MartinPankraz/sap-cloud-sdk-on-azure)
* [Quick Flip 01: Microsoft Improving Low-Code Landscape](https://youtu.be/jOZSpIQz-xo)
* [SAP Azure #122 - The one with Ransomware and Back to Business (Sebastian Ullrich & Martin Steiner)](https://youtu.be/cLUv3IKZR-s)

## Learning and Events

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

* Software-Architektur.tv [Jahresrückblick 2022](https://youtu.be/8N2AOH2BND8)
* [Power Apps Überblick](https://youtu.be/y-vFkhbArMM) by Azure Rosenheim Meetup
* [ICYMI: A look back at GitHub Universe 2022](https://github.blog/2022-12-05-icymi-a-look-back-at-github-universe-2022/)
* [AWS re:Invent 2022 - Keynote with Dr. Werner Vogels](https://youtu.be/RfvL_423a-I) - worth watching!

## 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:

* [Sind Microservices überbewertet? // deutsch](https://youtu.be/LH8fI-_42J4)
* [Golo Roden wird Go-Developer bei MeKo Manufacturing // deutsch](https://youtu.be/8njAGQBpN_0)

And another interesting [Tweet Thread](https://twitter.com/goloroden/status/1599462028623900673?s=20&t=LAbtEO5XUgUE5Mp7YU4HJA)

## Productivity & Developer Experience

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

* [PowerToys Release v0.65.0](https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/tag/v0.65.0)
* [Experiment: The hidden costs of waiting on slow build times](https://github.blog/2022-12-08-experiment-the-hidden-costs-of-waiting-on-slow-build-times/)

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