🥳 Episode 100: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft

Welcome to this week's edition of myNewsWrap, news from the world of SAP, Microsoft and the world in between.
And we have an anniversary edition namely edition 100 🎉

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

Let's see what happened around Kyma:

Misc

And here some links from the broader SAP ecosystem:

• SAP BTP Security: How to handle Authorization and Attributes [2] with XSUAA and IAS
• Switched On Quick Flip 07: Is Vanilla Enterprise Software Realistic?

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:

• Public preview: Node.js 18 in Azure Functions
• Generally available: Azure Functions extension for Event Grid blob trigger
• Working with Azure Cosmos DB input and output bindings with .NET 6 Azure Functions
• Common Pitfalls with Durable Execution Frameworks, like Durable Functions or Temporal
• Taking Azure Static Web Apps from Out of the Box to Your Complex Pipelines

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Deploying multiple Container Apps in Azure using Terraform and AzAPI
• Observations and thoughts after building 3 kubernetes platforms in Financial Services Industry — Part 3 — GitOps
• Reducing infrastructure complexity with Dapr
• Keda:
  • New version: KEDA 2.8.1
  • New Support Page

GitHub & DevOps

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

• The new GitHub Issues – September 2nd update
• Code scanning: customize your CodeQL analysis using query filters
• Packages: Fine-grained permissions and organization-level publishing are now available for the GitHub Packages npm registry
• Autolinks with alphanumeric or numeric IDs
• GitHub Actions Larger runners – Are now in public beta
• GitHub Actions authentication methods for Azure
• Deprecating Learning Lab

Misc

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

• This looks really interesting: Announcing built-in container support for the .NET SDK
• Elevate your visualizations with Azure Managed Grafana—now generally available
• No-code Automation for Azure Boards Using Azure Logic Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents
• Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm–based processors—generally available
• Modernize your API stack with GraphQL and Azure API Management | Azure Friday

🐱‍👤 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:

• Port your legacy SAP middleware flows to cloud-native PaaS solutions
• SAP on Azure Video Podcast #108 - The one with Physical Security @ Microsoft (Paul Edlund)

Learning and Events

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

• CNCF Report - CTO SUMMIT RESILIENCY IN MULTI-CLOUD
• Der Self-contained-Systems-Architekturansatz
• The DEVOPS Conference replay: Fireside chat with Kelsey Hightower
• Remotely Interesting 038: Thinking in Serverless

And heads up for upcoming events:

• Just in time: Serverless September Challenge
  • See also: 01. Kicking off #30DaysOfServerless!

Golo's Corner

Summer Break (well deserved!) ⛱ ... we miss you

Productivity & Developer Experience

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

• My Contribution to a Popular Open-Source Package Caused a Panic in Golang Projects
• Testing your internet speed from the command line on Windows, Linux, or Mac

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