Episode 88: 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

Let's see what happened around Kyma:

• Kyma OS - Release 2.3

Misc

And here some links from the broader SAP ecosystem:

• SAP BTP: How to call protected app across regions with SAML and OAuth: Intro
• SAP BTP: How to call protected app across regions with SAML and OAuth: Tutorial
• e3-zine: SAP’s Future Is Uncertain

...and finally after a long dry spell a new episode of the SAP Coffee Corner Radio Podcast:

• Episode 58 - State of SAP with Holger Müller
  • YouTube Edition: Coffee Corner Radio - The State of SAP Sommer 2022

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:

• New major release of Durable Functions for NodeJS

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Generally available: Azure Container Apps support for custom domains and TLS certificates
• Public preview: Mount Azure Files and ephemeral storage in Azure Container Apps
• AKS and Kubernetes 1.24:
  • Urgent Upgrade Notes
  • K8s 1.24 upstream changes to beta APIs
• How To Secure Container Images For Kubernetes Deployments
• Rego Style Guide - Open Policy Agent (OPA)
• CNCF Graduated Project Update Focuses on Landscape Diversity and Maturity at KubeCon EU

GitHub & DevOps

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

• Promote Flux Helm Releases with GitHub Actions
• You can now manually select a previous release when generating release notes
• View commit history across file renames and moves
• Introducing Entitlements: GitHub’s open source Identity and Access Management solution
• GitHub brings supply chain security features to the Rust community
• Dependabot Updates hit GA in GHES
  • One developer’s journey bringing Dependabot to GitHub Enterprise Server
• Sunsetting Atom
• Migrating from Azure DevOps with GitHub Enterprise Importer

Misc

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

• Efficient OAuth Authorisation Management in Azure API Management

🐱‍👤 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:

• Extend your Business Processes with the new SAP Private Link service
• SAP on Azure Podcast #96 - The one with leveraging Power Automate in our team (Martin Pankraz)

Learning and Events

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

• INNOQ Blog - Ich, Du und Conway’s Law
• Stücklisten von Open-Source-Lizenzen pflegen
• GitHub All In: Our first student cohort and what’s next
• A beginner’s guide to CI/CD and automation on GitHub
• Introducing GitHub Skills
• GitHub Universe 2022: Beyond Code - 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:

• Remote arbeiten? Elon Musk sagt "Nein!" // deutsch

Productivity & Developer Experience

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

• Excalidraw extension for VSCode
• GitKraken Ambassador Interview | Jan De Dobbeleer of Oh My Posh - Why GitLens
• oh-my-posh - Font installation
• A Guide to Overengineering a Windows Terminal
• Call to Action: Improve VSCode extension search

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