{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Paul S. Randal","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul","title":"New Microsoft Regional Director - Paul Randal - Paul S. Randal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cE1xmscl2Y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-microsoft-regional-director-paul-randal\/\">New Microsoft Regional Director &#8211; Paul Randal<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/new-microsoft-regional-director-paul-randal\/embed\/#?secret=cE1xmscl2Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;New Microsoft Regional Director &#8211; Paul Randal&#8221; &#8212; Paul S. Randal\" data-secret=\"cE1xmscl2Y\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I&#39;m very pleased, and deeply honored, to announce that I&#39;ve been made a Microsoft Regional Director. This is one of a very small group of people (about 120 worldwide) who Microsoft sees as influencers of, and liaisons between, the Microsoft community at large. Apart from me, the other SQL MVPs who are also RDs are [&hellip;]"}