Episode 94: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2022-07-23 08:20:30


# Episode 94: 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.

### Business Technology Platform Core - Kyma

No news around Kyma this week.

### Misc

And here some links from the broader SAP ecosystem:

* Finally - [btp CLI Command Reference](https://help.sap.com/docs/BTP/btp-cli/intro.html)
* [Best of UI5](https://github.com/ui5-community/bestofui5-website#deployment-of-pull-requests-to-azure-static-web-apps)
* And what is even more interesting: how the bst of UI5 site comes to live, see this [Twitter thread](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1544000595819991044.html)

## 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:

* Some basics around API calls in Azure Functionsfor the Bit Project [API Integration Demo and Debugging Tutorial with Christian Lechner](https://youtu.be/n9as5o02GdM)
* [Azure Function App - Writable Directory](https://daniel.mcloughlin.cloud/azure-function-app-writable-directory)
* [Announcing the .NET 7 support for Azure functions in an isolated process in public preview](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/announcing-the-net-7-support-for-azure-functions-in-an-isolated/ba-p/3574316)
* [Azure Static Web Apps Introduces API Backend Options](https://www.infoq.com/news/2022/07/azure-swa-backend-apis/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Cloud)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [Open Policy Agent (OPA) For Kubernetes](https://dev.to/thenjdevopsguy/open-policy-agent-opa-for-kubernetes-5895)
* [Supercharge your AKS deployments with GitOps and Flux V2](https://github.com/gbaeke/presentations/blob/main/ESPC%20Webinar%20(2022)/GitOps%20Kubernetes%20ESPC.pdf) - the slides

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [GitHub Issues: Using Projects for feature planning](https://youtu.be/yFQ-p6wMS_Y)
* [Differentiating triggering actor from executing actor](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-07-19-differentiating-triggering-actor-from-executing-actor/)
* [6 strategic ways to level up your CI/CD pipeline](https://github.blog/2022-07-19-6-strategic-ways-to-level-up-your-ci-cd-pipeline/)
* [Here’s how academic research is shaping GitHub Discussions](https://github.blog/2022-07-20-heres-how-academic-research-is-shaping-github-discussions/)

### Misc

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

* [Azure Messaging and Streaming Update - July 2022](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/messaging-on-azure-blog/azure-messaging-and-streaming-update-july-2022/ba-p/3575064)

## 🐱‍👤 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 #102 - The one with Updates to Monitor for SAP Solutions (Samie Khare)](https://youtu.be/NmqeWAba_4I)
* [Exposing SAP legacy middleware with Azure PaaS securely](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/expose-sap-process-orchestration-on-azure?WT.mc_id=twitter)
* [Integrating SAP Business Processes in Microsoft Teams using SAP Business Technology Platform](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/07/04/integrating-sap-business-processes-in-microsoft-teams-using-sap-business-technology-platform/)
* [Announcing Public Preview for Microsoft Azure Center for SAP Solutions](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/running-sap-applications-on-the/announcing-public-preview-for-microsoft-azure-center-for-sap/ba-p/3573408)

## Learning and Events

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

* [Supercharging A/B Testing at Uber](https://eng.uber.com/supercharging-a-b-testing-at-uber/)
* [Microsoft DevOps Dojo InnerSource Case Study](https://innersourcecommons.org/stories/microsoft/)
* [Serverless Days New York 2022](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp4wchugWzHvj34ZX0BLYgcVpBDn7PK7K) - the playlist

And of course this week we had **Microsoft Inspire**:

* [Microsoft Inspire 2022: Unlocking new partner opportunities, solutions for hybrid work and more](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2022/07/19/microsoft-inspire-2022-unlocking-new-partner-opportunities-solutions-for-hybrid-work-and-more/)
* [Microsoft Inspire main page](https://inspire.microsoft.com) - including the keynote and the session recordings

And heads up for upcoming events:

* [Kubernetes Community Days Munich - Call for Papaes](https://kcd.smapply.io/prog/kcd_munich_2022/)
* [GitHub Universe - Call fpr SPeakers](https://www.githubuniverse.com/call_for_speakers)

## 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:

* [Funktionale Programmierung in Go (Golang) – das geht?! // deutsch](https://youtu.be/dB7etQvqrJg)
* [Was in der IT-Community falsch läuft (mit @Vitalij Mik) // deutsch](https://youtu.be/b0w_901P1So)
* Interesting new format: [Stellenanzeigen sind alle gleich (schlecht) // deutsch](https://youtu.be/Ub0oEmv147A)

And you should also have the native web GitHub repositories on your radar for some JavaScript and now also Golang goodies:

* [get-next-version](https://github.com/thenativeweb/get-next-version)

## Productivity & Developer Experience

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

* [GitHub Profile Achievements](https://github.com/Schweinepriester/github-profile-achievements#github-profile-achievements-)
* [Tips & tricks for using GitHub Projects for personal productivity](https://github.blog/2022-07-21-tips-tricks-for-using-github-projects-for-personal-productivity/)
* [Engineering with Empathy](https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/engineering-empathy/)

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