Episode 115: myNewsWrap – SAP and Microsoft (The Christmas Edition 🎄)
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:
- Attention - Upcoming breaking change in SAP BTP, Kyma Runtime: Enabling the Istio CNI plugin
- Consuming SAP HANA Cloud from the Kyma environment
- Managing resources on SAP BTP – what tool do I choose?
- DevOps and AIOps - what is their relevance in ERP shops? A post-SAP TechEd roundtable
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 - Christmas is a bit earlier this year ;-):
- Generally Available: Azure Functions support for Java 17
- Generally Available: Durable Functions support for Java
- Public preview: Azure Functions support for Python 3.10
- General availability: Azure Cosmos DB Azure Functions extension version 4
- Under the hood of the new Azure Functions extension for Azure Cosmos DB
- Generally Available: Azure Functions Extension Bundle v4
- Developing with Azure SQL bindings and Azure SQL trigger for Azure Functions
And a look back to 2022: What happened with Azure Functions in 2022? And some wishes for 2023
Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes
From Serverless to Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes - what did this week provide us with?
- Azure Container Apps on Azure Arc enabled Kubernetes – Run your container apps anywhere
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Kubernetes v1.26: Electrifying
- Checkout also the other detailed blog post on the new feature in the Kubernetes Blog
- Dapr as a 10x Platform - although not a fan of this 10x thingy, interesting read
- Dapr Community Call 74
- Helpful WebAssembly Resources - A List for Kubernetes and WebAssembly
- https://www.thorsten-hans.com/building-microservices-with-webassembly-and-fermyon-spin/
- CNCF TRANSPARENCY REPORT
GitHub & DevOps
What happened in the area of DevOps and esp. GitHub - let's see:
- Bicep Is Not Trying To Compete With Terraform
- Improvements to GitHub Advanced Security billing pages
- Dependabot hardens support for private registries
- Raising the bar for software security: next steps for GitHub.com 2FA
- Leaked a secret? Check your GitHub alerts…for free
- GitHub Advanced Security customers can now push protect their custom patterns
- Creating an accessible search experience with the QueryBuilder component
- GitHub Actions – Sharing actions and reusable workflows from private repositories is now GA
- Dormant Users Report for Enterprise Accounts
Misc
Interested in some new from the broader Microsoft ecosystem? Then here are some links for you:
🐱👤 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 #123 - The one with working with partners (Robert Boban)
- Announcing Deeper SAP Integration for the Power Platform
Learning and Events
We always want to learn, so here are some links to some interesting learning resources and upcoming events:
- An introduction to the lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor jq by the one and only DJ Adams
- What we can learn from vintage computing
Golo's Corner
As a regular guest and due to the high-quality content here an overview what Golo Roden provided us this week:
Productivity & Developer Experience
Last but not least, some links that might make our developer live easier and reflect on our profession:
And with this I wish you nothing but the best this holiday season. See you again in 2023, stay safe!
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