John Deardurff

Microsoft incorporates OpenAI’s GPT-5 into consumer, developer and enterprise offerings

Today Microsoft is incorporating GPT-5, OpenAI’s best AI system to date, into a wide variety of its products, including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Azure AI Foundry. news.microsoft.com/source/featu...

Well... there are some customers that not having them call might be a good thing. 😂

Announcing Microsoft’s AI Customer Commitments - The Official Microsoft Blog AI is creating unparalleled opportunities for businesses of every size and across every industry. We are seeing our customers embrace AI services to drive innovation, increase productivity and solve c...

AI is creating opportunities for businesses of every size and industry. At the same time, there are legitimate concerns that it can be used to cause harm. That’s why @Microsoft announced three AI Customer Commitments to assist your responsible AI journey. blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/06...

dbatools is moving to Azure Trusted Signing TLDR: dbatools is moving to Azure Trusted Signing, which means Microsoft backs our reputation and dbatools won't trigger as many antivirus false positives. …

🎉 Big news! dbatools is moving to Azure Trusted Signing, which provides base reputation on Windows SmartScreen. No more antivirus false positives.

The catch? If you use strict ExecutionPolicies, you'll need to trust our cert after each update (it rotates daily). But we've got automation scripts.

I think we should just name all databases oss_raw-data.

Launching Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative patterns and practices | Microsoft Security Blog Learn more about SFI patterns and practices: a new library of actionable guidance designed to help organizations implement security measures at scale.

@Microsoft just launched Secure Future Initiative (SFI) Patterns and Practices, a new set of repeatable, real-world security solutions based on how Microsoft protects their own infrastructure. www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...

For $80... that's a load of croc! 😀

Anne Frank statue outside the WWII museum in New Orleans. (Photo Credit: John Deardurff)

On August 4, 1944, a 15-year-old Jewish girl hiding in a secret annex in Amsterdam was discovered and arrested. Her diary was published three years later, posthumously.

Tutorial: Migrate SQL Server to Azure SQL Database (Offline) - Azure Database Migration Service Learn how to migrate on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database offline by using Azure Database Migration Service.

In this tutorial, learn how to migrate a database from an on-premises instance of SQL Server to Azure SQL Database, by using Database Migration Service. #AzureSQL learn.microsoft.com/en-us/data-m...

I changed two light bulbs and put up a shelf in the bathroom. I'm pretty much ready for my own show on @hgtv.bsky.social.

This potential fate had been foretold on our previous quest.

I'm the first session this morning speaking on Business Continuity in #AzureSQL at #SQLSatBR.

Or maybe it is just generated by Australian Intelligence.

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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2025

This weekend, July 26th, I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on Business Continuity in Azure SQL Databases. #SQLSatBR There is still time to register: sqlsaturday.com/2025-07-26-s...

Are we in the same meeting right now?

They are fine, but I worry about pineapples.

Is that the foyer to your house?

Thanks to #Severance, I now have a phobia off elevators, stairwells, hallways, doors, co-workers, break rooms, and baby goats.

In European countries, kids drink free.

That is a very cold play!

John Deardurff - 25th MCT Anniversary.

I completely missed my MCT 25th Anniversary. #MCTBuzz

Protect and modernize SQL Server 2016 workloads with Microsoft  - Microsoft SQL Server Blog We encourage all our customers running SQL Server 2016 to start planning for the end of support. We have migration resources, best practices, as well as a rich ecosystem of partners ready to help. Lea...

On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 reached its 10-year end-of-support. Find out how companies are transitioning their SQL workloads to Microsoft Azure or are upgrading to #SQLServer2025. www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-se...

WIN + C opens Copilot.

Today I Learned: Win + C will open Copilot. 🤖

I made it! I will be speaking at the Data Saturday Columbus on August 16th, 2025 about Business Continuity in Azure SQL. Registration is now open: datasaturdays.com/Event/202508...

So does Chuck Norris.

Smarter Parallelism: Degree of parallelism feedback in SQL Server 2025 | Microsoft Community Hub 🚀 Introduction With SQL Server 2025, we have made Degree of parallelism (DOP) feedback and on by default feature. Originally introduced in SQL Server 2022,...

Originally introduced in #SQLServer2022, Degree of Parallelism (DOP) feedback is now an on by default feature in #SQLServer2025 as a core part of the platform’s self-tuning capabilities. techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/sqlserv...