SQL Server's next on-prem version will have built-in support for analytics written in the R language, via Microsoft's acquisition and its own implementations With the latest preview of Microsoft ...

R's integration has a simpler, more native feel to it, and for things like user-defined aggregates, where .NET code was arguably most useful in SQL Server, R will provide a lot more power.

Most data scientists use nowadays functional or semi-functional languages like SQL, Scala or R to treat data, obtained directly from databases. Such process requires to fetch data, process it, then ...

SQL Server 2016 RC2 eliminates the need to download and install Microsoft R Server or R Open if SQL Server is connected to the Internet, the company announced.

In addition, don't miss DH2i's session, "Architecting SQL Server Environments with Containers for Superior HA and Cost Savings" (Track: Enterprise Database Administration & Deployment, 10/26 at 1 ...

That's why we're getting SQL Server 2017 approximately 16 months after the release of SQL Server 2016, and we're getting major new functionality like Linux, Python, graph processing, and a slew of ...