R Server for HDInsight
Predictive analytics, machine learning, and statistical modeling for big data
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Pros
 - Existing R skills
 - Legacy R workloads
 - High performance R
 - Spark and Hadoop integration
 - Develop with R Studio
 - Managed service
 - Artefact versioning
 
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Cons
 - Python popularity
 - Relatively high operational / admin costs
 - No consumption-based SKUs