R and Python already had access SQL Server, of course, but only if running externally, and thus transferring data queried from the SQL Server to the machine running the code.

Features to automate cross-language access and calculations in SQL, Python and R programming have been added. Libraries added to R programming permit SQL queries and Python syntax without changing ...

Whereas R is growing in popularity across scientific disciplines, Python’s strength stems from its popularity within computer science as a general-purpose programming language. Interest in Python in ...

Analysis using SQL or Python. Capabilities include SQL to charts, SQL to Python to charts, and SQL to R to charts, coming soon.