Episode 94: 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

No news around Kyma this week.

Misc

And here some links from the broader SAP ecosystem:

• Finally - btp CLI Command Reference
• Best of UI5
• And what is even more interesting: how the bst of UI5 site comes to live, see this Twitter thread

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:

• Some basics around API calls in Azure Functionsfor the Bit Project API Integration Demo and Debugging Tutorial with Christian Lechner
• Azure Function App - Writable Directory
• Announcing the .NET 7 support for Azure functions in an isolated process in public preview
• Azure Static Web Apps Introduces API Backend Options

Containers, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes

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

• Open Policy Agent (OPA) For Kubernetes
• Supercharge your AKS deployments with GitOps and Flux V2 - the slides

GitHub & DevOps

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

• GitHub Issues: Using Projects for feature planning
• Differentiating triggering actor from executing actor
• 6 strategic ways to level up your CI/CD pipeline
• Here’s how academic research is shaping GitHub Discussions

Misc

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

• Azure Messaging and Streaming Update - July 2022

🐱‍👤 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 #102 - The one with Updates to Monitor for SAP Solutions (Samie Khare)
• Exposing SAP legacy middleware with Azure PaaS securely
• Integrating SAP Business Processes in Microsoft Teams using SAP Business Technology Platform
• Announcing Public Preview for Microsoft Azure Center for SAP Solutions

Learning and Events

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

• Supercharging A/B Testing at Uber
• Microsoft DevOps Dojo InnerSource Case Study
• Serverless Days New York 2022 - the playlist

And of course this week we had Microsoft Inspire:

• Microsoft Inspire 2022: Unlocking new partner opportunities, solutions for hybrid work and more
• Microsoft Inspire main page - including the keynote and the session recordings

And heads up for upcoming events:

• Kubernetes Community Days Munich - Call for Papaes
• GitHub Universe - Call fpr SPeakers

Golo's Corner

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

• Funktionale Programmierung in Go (Golang) – das geht?! // deutsch
• Was in der IT-Community falsch läuft (mit @Vitalij Mik) // deutsch
• Interesting new format: Stellenanzeigen sind alle gleich (schlecht) // deutsch

And you should also have the native web GitHub repositories on your radar for some JavaScript and now also Golang goodies:

• get-next-version

Productivity & Developer Experience

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

• GitHub Profile Achievements
• Tips & tricks for using GitHub Projects for personal productivity
• Engineering with Empathy

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