{"id":19925,"date":"2017-04-19T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T18:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/?p=19925"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:50:52","slug":"python-in-sql-server-2017-enhanced-in-database-machine-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2017\/04\/19\/python-in-sql-server-2017-enhanced-in-database-machine-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Python in SQL Server 2017: enhanced in-database machine learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are excited to share the preview release of in-database analytics and machine learning with Python in SQL Server. Python is one of the most popular languages for data science and has a rich ecosystem of powerful libraries.<\/p>\n

Starting with the CTP 2.0 release of SQL Server 2017, you can now bring Python-based intelligence to your data in SQL Server.<\/p>\n

The addition of Python builds on the foundation laid for R Services in SQL Server 2016 and extends that mechanism to include Python support for in-database analytics and machine learning. We are renaming R Services to Machine Learning Services, and R and Python are two options under this feature.<\/p>\n

The Python integration in SQL Server provides several advantages:\n<\/p>\n