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Image featurization with a pre-trained deep neural network model

With the new release of SQL Server vNext CTP 2.0 and Microsoft R Server 9.1, the MicrosoftML package...

Author: Te Zhang Date: 04/12/2017

Step by Step Guide to Setup LDAPS on Windows Server

Step-by-step guide for setting up LDAPS (LDAP over SSL) The guide is split into 3 sections : Create...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 04/10/2017

Role Based Access Control With MRS 9.1.0

In the latest release of Microsoft R Server 9.1 we can configure role based access control (RBAC)...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 04/10/2017

Pre-trained AlexNet model for MicrosoftML's rxNeuralNet

The rxNeuralNet model in MicrosoftML package supports custom neural networks defined using the NET#...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/30/2017

Feature Engineering using R

Feature Engineering is paramount in building a good predictive model. It's significant to obtain a...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/23/2017

Running MicrosoftML in SQL Server 2016

MicrosoftML is the new and exciting ML packages added to Microsoft R Server 9.0.1 which offers...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/22/2017

Galaxy classification with neural networks: a data science workflow

Recently at the Microsoft Ignite 2017 conference on the Gold Coast, I gave a talk about some cool...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/22/2017

11 ways to deploy R Server on HDInsight Cluster

In this article, we will discuss 11 possible ways to deploy R Server on HDInsight Cluster. Some of...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/21/2017

Demonstration of capability of applying simple ML and TextMining techniques to perform prediction and draw allied characteristics

The Write-up is to demonstrate a simple ML algorithm that can pull-up the characteristic components...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/16/2017

Using R to perform FileSystem Operations on Azure Data Lake Store

In this article, you will learn how to use WebHDFS REST APIs in R to perform filesystem operations...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/14/2017

R Server and Shiny

This post is authored by Carl Nan, Principle Program Manager at Microsoft. With the release of...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/10/2017

Getting started with GPU acceleration for MicrosoftML's rxNeuralNet

MicrosoftML's rxNeuralNet model supports GPU acceleration. To enable GPU acceleration, you need to...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/10/2017

Image Segmentation Using MicrosoftML

In computer vision, the goal of image segmentation is to cluster pixels into salient image regions,...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/09/2017

mrsdeploy R package - ServiceOption data-dir

The mrsdeploy package provides functions for establishing a remote session in a console application...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 03/07/2017

REST Calls using PostMan for R server Operationalization

The Microsoft R Server operationalization REST APIs are exposed by R Server's operationalization...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/24/2017

REST Calls using PostMan for R server O16N

The Microsoft R Server operationalization REST APIs are exposed by R Server's operationalization...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/22/2017

Microsoft R Server VMs available in Azure China

This post is authored by Bharath Sankaranarayan, Principal Program Manager, at Microsoft. We have...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/16/2017

Classify Yelp restaurant reviews’ food origin with MicrosoftML

Yelp restaurant reviews are one of the most useful resources people use to pick restaurants. Reviews...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/16/2017

Exporting large data using Microsoft R (IDE: RTVS)

Introduction Very often in our projects we encounter a need to export huge amount of data (in GBs)...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/15/2017

Predicting Hospital Length of Stay (LOS) using SQL Server 2016 with R Services

This post is authored by Bharath Sankaranarayan, Principal Program Manager, at Microsoft. Today we...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/15/2017

Remote Spark Compute Context using PuTTY on Windows

If you are running Microsoft R Server/Microsoft R Client from a Windows computer equipped with...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/12/2017

Microsoft R Server - Using Hive data source in Spark compute context

Before Microsoft R Server 9.0 release, if you needed to perform analytics on your Hive or Parquet...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/07/2017

Microsoft R Server Operationalization Examples

Today, more and more businesses are adopting advanced analytics for mission critical decision making...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 02/03/2017

Best practices for executing embarrassingly parallel workloads with R Server on Spark

Introduction An embarrassingly parallel workload or problem is one where little or no effort is...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/27/2017

SQL R Services optimization for concurrent execution of sp_execute_external_script

With SQL Server 2016, we have introduced in-database analytics by bringing R closer to the database....

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/26/2017

Data Transformation in Function rxDataStep

Microsoft R Server supports four cases of R transformations, such as transformFunc, transforms...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/20/2017

Predicting NYC Taxi Tips using MicrosoftML

MicrosoftML is a new package for Microsoft R Server that adds state-of-the-art algorithms and data...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/17/2017

Using MRS with Teradata: Limitations of Teradata's API and Temporary Constant Columns

Overview Microsoft R Server is capable of In-Database Analytics with Teradata, this is achieved by...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/06/2017

Microsoft R Server 9.0 VMs now support Ubuntu and Korea regions

I am pleased to announce that the Microsoft R Server 9.0 are now available on all Azure regions and...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 01/06/2017

Microsoft R Server 9.0.1 is Packed with Exciting New Capabilities

Microsoft R Server has just released a feature-packed version 9.0.1. Customers can download from...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 12/30/2016

Data Exploration in XDF Files using ScaleR Functions

In this article, let us see few examples to explore data in XDF Files using ScaleR functions. For...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 12/28/2016

Pattern Matching on xdf files in Microsoft R Server

Pattern Matching: R uses regular expressions for pattern matching. To find patterns on non-xdf...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 11/16/2016

Importing .dbf files in Microsoft R Server

The dBASE database file with the .dbf file extension is not supported by Microsoft R Server's...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 11/16/2016

Performance Optimization When Using rxExec() to Parallelize Algorithms

Microsoft R Server is designed around the concept of PEMAs (Parallel External Memory Algorithms). An...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 11/14/2016

Data Wrangling in XDF files using ScaleR Functions

The RevoScaleR package provides a set of over one hundred portable, scalable, and distributable data...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 11/06/2016

Integrating PolyBase with Cloudera using Active Directory Authentication

This article outlines the steps to use PolyBase in SQL 2016(including R-Services) with a Cloudera...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 10/17/2016

Joseph Sirosh's Keynote on 1 Million Predictions Per Second

We are thrilled to announce Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Data Group at Microsoft will...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 09/26/2016

SQL R Services optimization for concurrent execution of sp_execute_external_script

Tips and Trick for SQL R Services With SQL Server 2016, we have introduced in-database analytics by...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 09/20/2016

DeployR log rotation to avoid large catalina.out

Are you facing a situation where your DeployR installations catalina.out file is growing huge after...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 09/09/2016

MRS Capability Extension: Importing and Exporting Large In-Memory Data Frames

Introduction Microsoft R Server is an advanced analytics platform. Enterprise-ready, Microsoft R...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 09/08/2016

Understanding Grid Nodes and Slots in DeployR

DeployR has the concept of Grid nodes for scalable execution of R scripts. One DeployR instance can...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 09/07/2016

Enterprise Security in DeployR 8.0.5

DeployR Enterprise Security Model: DeployR Enterprise is designed to deliver analytics solutions at...

Author: Bharath Sankaranarayan Date: 08/03/2016

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