The document discusses the integration of R and various Microsoft technologies, highlighting its evolution from being misunderstood and underestimated to being accepted in production environments. It mentions several R-related sessions at an upcoming conference, featuring topics like neural embeddings and natural language processing. The document encourages attendees to interact with Microsoft representatives and participate in a survey.

2. SQL Server + R Microsoft R Server Hadoop + R Spark + R Microsoft CNTK
Azure Machine
Learning
Cortana
Intelligence Suite
R Tools/Python
Tools for Visual
Studio
Azure Notebooks
(JuPyTer) Cognitive Services
Office 365 Bing Skype Xbox Dynamics 365Hololens
Bot Framework
Cortana
We are building intelligence into every product at Microsoft

3. R is Popular
Then:
“We’ve never heard of R”
Now:
IEEE Spectrum Programming Language Rankings
2016
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4. R is Comprehensive
Then:
“R doesn’t do everything
we need”
Now:
4

5. R is Accepted
Then:
“We can’t use R because it’s
open source.”
“We can’t use R in a
regulated environment.”
Now:
5

6. R Scales
Then:
“R is too slow.”
“R doesn’t work with big
data.”
Now:
6
SQL Server + RMicrosoft R Server
Hadoop + R Spark + R

7. R is Production-Ready
Then:
“You can’t use R in
production.”
Now:
7

8. R is Supported
Then:
“I can’t get support for R.”
“Who stands behind R?”
Now:
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9. The R Ecosystem
R Foundation
R Core Group
CRAN
#rstats
R-bloggers
R User Groups

10. Visit our booth.
Take our survey.
Get an I R t-shirt!
Survey Link: https://aka.ms/user2017

11. Come see the Microsoft Team!
Ali Zaidi: Neural Embeddings and NLP with R and Spark
Wednesday 2:42PM, Wild Gallery 4.02
Andrie deVries and Gabor Csardi: Can you keep a secret?
Thursday 11:18AM, Wild Gallery 4.02
Angus Taylor: Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing in R
Thursday 1:48PM, Wild Gallery 3.02
David Smith: R in Minecraft
Thursday 5:40PM, Wild Gallery 3.01
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12. Watch useR! 2017 Online
Live-Stream
aka.ms/useRConference-live
Post-Conference Recordings
(talks and tutorials)
channel9.msdn.com/events/useR-international-R-User-conference
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