1. R, Then and Now
David Smith
R Community Lead, Microsoft
@revodavid

2. We are building intelligence into every product at Microsoft
Microsoft CNTK
SQL Server + R
Hadoop + R
Spark + R
Microsoft R Server
Cortana
Cognitive Services
Azure Machine Learning
Cortana Intelligence Suite
Azure Notebooks
(JuPyTer)
R Tools/Python Tools for Visual Studio
Every platform is infused with intelligence. It’s a rich and comprehensive collection for the needs of every type of developer.
SQL + R (w/ SSIS/SSRS reports/BI, etc. basically coming for free)
MRS
Hadoop + R
Spark + R
CNTK
Azure ML
Cortana Intelligence Suite
JuPyter Notebooks
Message #1: You, customer, take PROS example and envision other scenarios à in finance, banking, retail, healthcare, manufacturing…
Message #2: Take your CRM, ERP, DW, OLTP, BD… various workloads + add AA to it!!
Message #3: Wherever you are “in the intelligence food chain”, we have a solution for you! – from experts/rocket scientists (MRS/DNN) to amateurs (Cortana Gallery and CIQS/CAQS – templatized solution)
Message #4: We have templatized solutions for you to start with right now Horizontal SaaS  (w/ predefined models, vertical templates, etc.) – e.g., RR Predictive Maintenances, etc.
Message #5: Trial experience of AA aps is easy and free – consistent across the board.
Bot Framework
Office 365
Hololens
Bing
Skype
Xbox
Dynamics 365

3. R is Popular Then: Now: “We’ve never heard of R”
IEEE Spectrum Programming Language Rankings 2016

4. R is Comprehensive
Then:
Now:
“R doesn’t do everything we need”

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

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

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

8. R is Supported Then: Now:
“I can’t get support for R.” “Who stands behind R?”

9. The R Ecosystem R Foundation R Core Group #rstats CRAN R-bloggers
R User Groups

10. Visit our booth.
Take our survey.
Get an I R t-shirt!
Survey Link:

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

12. Post-Conference Recordings (talks and tutorials)
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

13. R, Then and Now
David Smith
R Community Lead, Microsoft
@revodavid