Data scientists and AI developers use the Azure Machine Learning SDK for R to build and run machine learning workflows with Azure Machine Learning.

Azure Machine Learning SDK for R uses the reticulate package to bind to Azure Machine Learning's Python SDK. By binding directly to Python, the Azure Machine Learning SDK for R allows you access to core objects and methods implemented in the Python SDK from any R environment you choose.

Main capabilities of the SDK include:

• Manage cloud resources for monitoring, logging, and organizing your machine learning experiments.
• Train models using cloud resources, including GPU-accelerated model training.
• Deploy your models as webservices on Azure Container Instances (ACI) and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).

Please take a look at the package website https://azure.github.io/azureml-sdk-for-r for complete documentation.

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Install Conda if not already installed. Choose Python 3.5 or later.

# Install Azure ML SDK from CRAN
install.packages("azuremlsdk")

# Or the development version from GitHub
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github('https://github.com/Azure/azureml-sdk-for-r', build_vignettes = TRUE)

# Then, use `install_azureml()` to install the compiled code from the AzureML Python SDK.
azuremlsdk::install_azureml()

Now, you're ready to get started!

For a more detailed walk-through of the installation process, advanced options, and troubleshooting, see our Installation Guide.

To begin running experiments with Azure Machine Learning, you must establish a connection to your Azure Machine Learning workspace.

1. If you don't already have a workspace created, you can create one by doing:

   # If you haven't already set up a resource group, set `create_resource_group = TRUE`  
   # and set `resource_group` to your desired resource group name in order to create the resource group 
   # in the same step.
   new_ws <- create_workspace(name = <workspace_name>, 
                              subscription_id = <subscription_id>, 
   			   resource_group = <resource_group_name>, 
   			   location = location, 
   			   create_resource_group = FALSE)

   After the workspace is created, you can save it to a configuration file to the local machine.

   write_workspace_config(new_ws)

2. If you have an existing workspace associated with your subscription, you can retrieve it from the server by doing:

   existing_ws <- get_workspace(name = <workspace_name>, 
   			     subscription_id = <subscription_id>, 
   			     resource_group = <resource_group_name>)

   Or, if you have the workspace config.json file on your local machine, you can load the workspace by doing:

   loaded_ws <- load_workspace_from_config()

Once you've accessed your workspace, you can begin running and tracking your own experiments with Azure Machine Learning SDK for R.

Take a look at our code samples and end-to-end vignettes for examples of what's possible with the SDK!

• R SDK package documentation: https://azure.github.io/azureml-sdk-for-r/reference/index.html
• Azure Machine Learning: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/machine-learning/service/overview-what-is-azure-ml

We welcome contributions from the community. If you would like to contribute to the repository, please refer to the contribution guide.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.