In this chapter, you learned the steps required to integrate an existing predictive analytics R code into resides outside of SQL Server R with the Extensibility Framework. You have also seen the simplicity and the power of the new PREDICT function in SQL Server 2017, which allows native scoring without having to install R. Managing the security required to run predictive analytics workloads is also important in prediction operations. You have learned how to add SQL queries to R projects using RTVS. Finally, you've discovered the different possibilities for integrating R code and prediction operations into your existing workflows as SQL Server stored procedures, SQL Server Agent jobs, PowerShell scripts, and SSIS projects.
With these new skills, we are ready for the next building block in managing data science solutions as part of database lifecycle: management practices...
