Copilot for R
It was my great pleasure to present last week to the NYC Data Hackers on the topic of Copilot for R. If you haven’t come across Copilot before, it’s like...continue reading.
Author: David Smith
MRAN Time Machine will be retired on July 1
On July 1 2023, the MRAN website and the CRAN snapshot archive hosted therein will be retired, Microsoft announced last week. One purpose of MRAN was to distribute Microsoft R...continue reading.
Easy R Tutorials with Dev Containers
Ever written a tutorial for R — or simply shared some R code with someone — and been told that your code doesn’t work on their machine? There’s now an...continue reading.
Azure Functions with R and plumber
Azure Functions is a cloud service that allows you to deploy “serverless” microservices that are triggered by events (timers, HTTP POST events, etc) and automatically scale to serve demand while...continue reading.
R at Microsoft
I was my great pleasure yesterday to be a presenter in the “Why R Webinar” series, on the topic R at Microsoft. In the talk (which you can watch below)...continue reading.
Microsoft R Open 4.0.2 now available
Microsoft R Open 4.0.2 has been released, combining the latest R language engine with multi-processor performance and tools for managing R packages reproducibly. You can download Microsoft R Open 4.0.2...continue reading.
MLOPS with R and GitHub Actions
With thanks to the kind folks at Lander Analytics, video from my New York R Conference talk earlier this month is now available to view. The slides are also available...continue reading.
The History of R (updated for 2020)
As an update to this post, here’s a list of the major events in R history since its creation: 1992: R development begins as a research project in Auckland, NZ...continue reading.
R 4.0.2 now available
R 4.0.2 is now available for download for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. This update addresses a few minor bugs included in the R 4.0.0 release, and also a significant...continue reading.
R 4.0.0 now available, and a look back at R’s history
R 4.0.0 was released in source form on Friday, and binaries for Windows, Mac and Linux are available for download now. As the version number bump suggests, this is a...continue reading.
Forecasting Best Practices, from Microsoft
Microsoft has released a GitHub repository to share best practices for time series forecasting. From the repo: Time series forecasting is one of the most important topics in data science....continue reading.
R 3.6.3 is available, marking the 20th anniversary of R 1.0.0
On February 29, R 3.6.3 was released and is now available for Windows, Linux and Mac systems. This update, codenamed “Holding the Windsock”, fixes a few minor bugs, and as...continue reading.
MLOPS for R with Azure Machine Learning
The video recording of my RStudio::conf talk, MLOPS for R with Azure Machine Learning, is now available for streaming thanks to the fine folks at RStudio. The talk begins with...continue reading.
R 3.6.2 is out, and a preview of R 4.0.0
R 3.6.2, the latest update to the R language, is now available for download on Windows, Mac and Linux. As a minor release, R 3.6.2 makes only small improvements to...continue reading.
Azure AI and Machine Learning talk series
At last week’s Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, our team delivered a series of 6 talks about AI and machine learning applications with Azure. The videos from each talk are...continue reading.
New R Support in Azure Machine Learning
Azure Machine Learning has added support for the R language, it was announced at the Ignite conference in Orlando this week. A new R package azuremlsdk (available to install from...continue reading.
Handling dates and times in R: a free online course
If you ever need to work with data involving dates, times or durations in R, then take a look at this free course on LinkedIn Learning presented by Mark Niemann-Ross:...continue reading.
A DevOps Process for Deploying R to Production
I’ve been at the EARL Conference in London this week, and as always it’s been inspiring to see so many examples of R being used in production at companies like...continue reading.
Data on demand: Azure SQL Database in serverless mode
Azure SQL Database has a new “serverless” mode in preview that eliminates compute costs when not in use. In this post, I’ll show how you can set up a serverless...continue reading.
Microsoft ML Server 9.4 now available
Microsoft Machine Learning Server, the enhanced deployment platform for R and Python applications, has been updated to version 9.4. This update includes the open source R 3.5.2 and Python 3.7.1...continue reading.
