Join us on Thursday, May 10th for the next meeting of the Louisville SQL Server and Power BI Users Group! We will meet at Farm Credit Mid-Amercia. Note that this month we will be meeting in the evening to faciliate the speakers schedule. Meeting information is as follows:

Topic: SQL Server R Services in SQL 2016 and SQL 2017

Description: One of the most exciting new features of SQL Server 2016 is the integration of the R statistical programming language into the platform with the brand-new SQL Server R Services. In this introductory session we'll briefly introduce the R language and then look at how to install and administer SQL Server R Services. We'll start to demonstrate the power of R by showing you how to create and run simple R scripts from within T-SQL. We'll then discuss some of the powerful open source packages that are available to aid your data analyses. Finally, we'll go through some examples of how to use R to integrate data analytical methods in real-world situations, and wow your customers with the power of statistics!

Speaker: Chris Hyde

Chris Hyde is an independent SQL Server BI and DBA consultant based in Albuquerque, NM, and is the leader of the Albuquerque PASS local user group. He is a part of the Friends of Redgate program and was recently named in the Idera ACE class of 2018. He loves loud music and cricket, but not usually at the same time.