John Deardurff

@BBGreatMoments Within the blackout range... 360 miles.

How far do you live from your favorite team’s home ballpark?

@ClarkMetAddison On pace for a 90-72 record.

29-23 after TWO 10 game win streaks is actually impressively bad

Fun little prompt I borrowed, "Use everything you know about me, INSERT NAME, from our conversations, including my personality, habits, strengths, profession, and overall vibe, to turn my photo into a hand-drawn sketchbook character sheet."

@BBGreatMoments Yogi is Starting, Johnny is on the Bench.

After Johnny Bench, who’s the next greatest catcher of all time in your book?

@goodreads I will probably finish this and start Book 4. goodreads.com/book/show/2117…

It's Friday! What are you reading this weekend?

@goodreads Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1) by Matt Dinniman goodreads.com/book/show/5679…

Favorite book you've read so far in 2026?

SQL Server security updates for May 2026. Reminder: #SQLServer2016 reaches End of Support (EOS) on July 14, 2026. sqlmct.com/sql-server-sec…

This learning path emphasized Frontier Transformation concepts, along with AI-powered insights and customer scenarios. As part of the challenge, you engaged in a Second Nature AI customer simulation, specifically the Contoso scenario and successfully achieved a 96% score on that component.

We're #1! realestate.usnews.com/places/ranking…

Have you’ve ever run into unexplained CPU spikes caused by dynamic SQL? Introducing OPTIMIZED_SP_EXECUTESQL in #SQLServer2025, which reduces compile storms by allowing one session to compile while others can reuse the plan. sqlmct.com/optimized_sp_e…

VSAT Acceleration Customer Champion! credly.com/badges/97369ce…

@BBGreatMoments Eliminate TV Blackouts!

If you were named MLB Commissioner tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d change?

AI in the data platform is evolving fast, but what’s often missing in conversations is context. Not just data, but how work happens, what data means, and where knowledge lives. That’s where Microsoft IQ comes in for the #SQLServer DBA. sqlmct.com/microsoft-iq-f…

@BlesselDon22710 @RobertTheMonk0 I approve this message.

@RobertTheMonk0 Reverse the order and you got my ranking

My “only Metallica albums I listen to or acknowledge existence thereof” ranking - 1 justice 2 puppets 3 kill em 4 lightning

Microsoft Certification #66

As AI systems engage with enterprise data through vector search, external models, and autonomous agents, Microsoft SQL Server plays a vital role as a security enforcement boundary. It ensures security, governance, observability, and controlled execution within these environments. devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/micr…

The AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS function and CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL are now Generally Available in #AzureSQL! devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/gene…

Check out my friend, Peter De Tender (@pdtit) as he provides an overview of what the GH-300 exam covers. Watch the companion playlist with course videos for the exam, which goes deeper than the @MicrosoftLearn modules. youtube.com/watch?v=_HBCwx…