Updated: November 27, 2023 (September 6, 2021)

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Microsoft’s R Retirement Impacts SQL Server, Azure SQL

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Andrew Snodgrass

Andrew analyzes and writes about Microsoft's data management, business intelligence, and machine learning solutions, as well as aspects of licensing... more

Microsoft’s distribution of R, called Microsoft R-Open (MRO), is being retired in favor of the CRAN distribution, which will impact SQL Server, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Machine Learning Server.

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