Episode 90: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft
Tags: sap, azure, serverless, kubernetes
Published: 2022-06-25 08:08:18


# Episode 90: 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

Unfortunately not oo many news from the SAP side of the house, but something for SAP developers working on Macs

* [Setting up my Mac for SAP Development](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/06/20/setting-up-my-mac-for-sap-development/)

## 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:

* [A couple of small but useful improvements in Node.js Azure Functions and Azure Static Web Apps](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1539136509059772416.html)
* [Announcing GA launch of Kafka Trigger extension on Azure Functions](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/announcing-ga-launch-of-kafka-trigger-extension-on-azure/ba-p/3499015)
* [Create your first durable function in Java (Preview)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/durable/quickstart-java)
* [New API backend options in Azure Static Web Apps](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/apps-on-azure-blog/new-api-backend-options-in-azure-static-web-apps/ba-p/3516882)

### Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

* [Azure Tips and Tricks - How to get started with Azure Container Apps](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/azure-developer-community-blog/azure-tips-and-tricks-how-to-get-started-with-azure-container/ba-p/3545026)
* [A blue-green deployment with Argo Rollouts and Kustomize](https://youtu.be/ArCu7Wi0AJY)
* [How eBPF Streamlines the Service Mesh](https://thenewstack.io/how-ebpf-streamlines-the-service-mesh/)
* [Jumpstart Azure Arc](https://azurearcjumpstart.io/azure_jumpstart_arcbox/)

### GitHub & DevOps

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

* [GitHub Copilot is now available to individual developers](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-now-available-to-individual-developers/)
* [New Octokit.js release with support for 91 new APIs](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-20-new-octokit-js-release-with-support-for-91-new-apis/)
* [The new GitHub Issues – June 16th update](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-16-the-new-github-issues-june-16th-update/)
* [View code scanning alerts across your enterprise (Public Beta)](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-22-view-code-scanning-alerts-across-your-enterprise-public-beta/)
* [Secret scanning’s REST API endpoints now support cursor-based pagination](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-22-secret-scannings-rest-api-endpoints-now-support-cursor-based-pagination/)
* [SendGrid is now a GitHub secret scanning partner](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-20-sendgrid-is-now-a-github-secret-scanning-partner/)
* [Creating a more comprehensive dependency graph with build time detection](https://github.blog/2022-06-17-creating-comprehensive-dependency-graph-build-time-detection/)
* [Browse the Activity Feed on GitHub Mobile](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-21-browse-the-activity-feed-on-github-mobile/)
* [New issue close states in GitHub app for Slack and Microsoft Teams](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-20-new-issue-close-states-in-github-app-for-slack-and-microsoft-teams/)
* [Removing support for connecting to GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 from GitHub Mobile](https://github.blog/changelog/2022-06-20-removing-support-for-connecting-to-github-enterprise-server-3-0-from-github-mobile/)

### Misc

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

* **Attention** Face API Users: [Responsible AI investments and safeguards for facial recognition](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/responsible-ai-investments-and-safeguards-for-facial-recognition/)
* [Detecting unused Azure resources](https://dev.to/omiossec/detecting-unused-azure-resources-2mdk)
* [Introducing a new system function and optimized query operators](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/introducing-a-new-system-function-and-optimized-query-operators/)

## 🐱‍👤 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 Podcast #98 - The one with Different Low-code platforms working together (Holger Bruchelt)](https://youtu.be/d4lwugF4NIA)
* [SAP Private Link service on Azure is now generally available (GA)!](https://blogs.sap.com/2022/06/22/sap-private-link-service-on-azure-is-now-generally-available-ga/)
* [GitHub Repo: Power Platform and Neptune API Factory](https://github.com/hobru/Power-Platform-Neptune-API-Factory)

## Learning and Events

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

* [Microservices: Schlag den Eberhard & Stefan!](https://youtu.be/GplG9Zz74ro)
* Why we need resilient software design:
  * [Part 1](https://www.ufried.com/blog/why_resilient_software_design_1/)
  * [Part 2](https://www.ufried.com/blog/why_resilient_software_design_2/)
  * [Part 3](https://www.ufried.com/blog/why_resilient_software_design_3/)

## 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:

* [Open-Source und Lizenzen: Die Basics // deutsch](https://youtu.be/RnrHaJEK3zA)
* [Das einzig wahre Betriebssystem zum Coden?! // deutsch](https://youtu.be/-9ZYLuyZASM)

## Productivity & Developer Experience

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

* [Ten Tips to Make Conference Talks Suck Less](https://www.morling.dev/blog/ten-tips-make-conference-talks-suck-less/)

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