Episode 134: 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:

• Sad news about SAP HANA Academy YouTube Channel - see description
• Another round of renaming: SAP API Business Hub is now SAP Business Accelerator Hub - now it is that generic that you do not know what to expect
• DSAG: Perspektivwechsel im SAP-Aufsichtsrat
• FAZ: SAP läutet die Nach-Plattner-Ära ein

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:

• Is serverless overpriced? What can we learn from the PrimeVideo team? by Yan Cui
• So many bad takes — What is there to learn from the Prime Video microservices to monolith story by Adrian Cockcroft

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 Newsletter – May 2023
• A perfect match: Dapr & Azure Container Apps - Sander Molenkamp - NDC London 2023 by Sander Molenkamp
• Architect and deploy production-scale Container Apps | Azure Container Apps Community Standup
• Kommentar: Unterirdische Kubernetes-Qualität – Containerland ist abgebrannt by Martin Gerhard Loschwitz
• How to get involved with the Dapr community with Frank Boucher, Mark Fussell, Aaron Crawfis

GitHub & DevOps

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

• My thoughts on why you should use Terraform Provisioners as a final option by Thomas Thornton

GitHub in general (issues, discussions etc.)

• GitHub code search is generally available by Colin Merkel

GitHub security and Dependabot

• Aiven is a GitHub secret scanning partner
• Secret scanning’s push protection now generally available for GitHub Advanced Security
• Secret scanning’s push protection is available on public repositories, for free
• More secure private attachments
• How to fix a ReDoS by Kevin Backhouse

GitHub Actions

• Introducing Actions on the Repository view on GitHub Mobile

GitHub other topics

• How we work: inclusive retrospectives for the GitHub Accessibility leadership team by Mia Arts

Misc

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

• Insights from the 2023 Open Confidential Computing Conference by Mark Russinovich
• On the road to 2030: Our 2022 Environmental Sustainability Report by Melanie Nakagawa
• How to add Copilot to your Power Apps | GPT-based User Controls by Zachary Cavanell

No month without a new release of the Azure Developer CLI, so here we go:

• Azure Developer CLI (azd) – May 2023 Release by Savannah Ostrowski
• azd Release Notes beta.1 and beta.2

🐱‍👤 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:

• AI SDK for SAP ABAP - Learning Series - Part 2: Companion Documentation by Gopal Nair
• Power Platform + SAP - Troubleshooting the On-premises Data Gateway setup by Holger Bruchelt
• SAP CDC Connector and SLT - Part 4 - Advanced Settings by Bartosz Jarkowski
• SAP private linky swear with Azure – enabling SAP CAP with Azure services without OData APIs using SAP Private Link by Martin Pankraz
• SAP on Azure Video Podcast #143 - The one with Neptune Software and M365 (Marin Fischer & Abesh Bhattacharjee)

Learning and Events

Heads up for upcoming events:

• GitHub Universe - save the date

Golo's Corner

As a regular guest and due to the high-quality content here an overview what Golo Roden provided us this week:

• StackOverflow ist tot, es lebe ChatGPT!? // deutsch
• Retro-Gaming: Wird die Prinzessin in einer Stunde gerettet? // deutsch ... that was FUN!

Developer Experience

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

• How companies are boosting productivity with generative AI by Chris Reddington
• GitHub Copilot X CLI is your new GIT assistant by Leonardo Montini

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