R and Python already had access SQL Server, of course, but only if running externally, and thus transferring data queried from the SQL Server to the machine running the code. Running the code ...

Developers can access these models through REST APIs ... Microsoft also announced the public preview of the new open-source Python driver for SQL Server, which is a fully open-source Python ...

But Python, in combination with open source libraries like NumPy and Pandas, is undeniably important in the same arena. And now that SQL Server accommodates both languages, Microsoft has made ...