Getting Started with #Azure Data Science Virtual Machine on Windows 2016 #DSVM #winserv #VSTS #DevOps

 

The Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) is a ‘Windows Server 2016 with Containers’ VM & includes popular tools for data exploration, analysis, modeling & development.

Highlights:

  • Microsoft R Server – Dev. Ed. (Scalable R)
  • Anaconda Python
  • SQL Server 2017 Dev. Ed. – With In-Database R and Python analytics
  • Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus BYOL – Shared Computer Activation
  • Julia Pro + Juno Editor
  • Jupyter notebooks
  • Visual Studio Community Ed. + Python, R & node.js tools
  • Power BI Desktop
  • Deep learning tools e.g. Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK 2.1), TensorFlow & mxnet
  • ML algorithm libraries e.g. xgboost, Vowpal Wabbit
  • Azure SDKs + libraries for various Azure Cloud offerings. Integration tools are included for: 
    1. Azure Machine Learning
    2. Azure Data Factory
    3. Stream Analytics
    4. SQL Data Warehouse
    5. Hadoop + Apache Spark (HDICluster)
    6. Data Lake
    7. Blob storage
    8. ML & Data Science tutorials as Jupyter notebooks

    Tools for ML model operationalization as web services in the cloud, using Azure ML or Microsoft R Server.

    Pre-configured and tested with Nvidia drivers, CUDA Toolkit, & NVIDIA cuDNN library for GPU workloads available if using NC class VM SKUs.

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    Starting in the Azure Portal

    GO to New or +

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    Search for Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM)

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    Select the {csp} Data Science Virtual Machine  – Windows 2016 option. 

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    Next fill in the username and password with resource group.

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    Pick a machine type. When you pick a higher machine type when deploying every thing is way faster than just picking a Standard_A1 size.

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    As you can see there is a orange image mark in the text that the cost will be billed separately.

    Offer details

    Data Science Virtual Machine – Windows 2016

    0.0000 EUR/hr

    Good to know there are no cost and this is free. you need to pay for the Azure VM! in my case a E32s v3

    The highlighted Marketplace purchase(s) are not covered by your Azure credits, and will be billed separately.
    You cannot use your Azure monetary commitment funds or subscription credits for these purchases. You will be billed separately for marketplace purchases.

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    not bad 9 minute install with a long list of tools Office, visual studio , Visual studio Code,etc

    There is not a free license for the office and studio product but you can sign in with your credentials.

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    Thanks to the Big compute everything is running awesome.

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    As you can see all the tools are there, some needs a configuration so no default things that needs to be removed first just ready to start with out the long installation of all the tools.

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    What was missing on the Data Science Virtual Machine (DSVM) as it is a DevOps VM I installed the RSAT tools and project Honolulu single box for Azure management and development.

    https://robertsmit.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/projecthonolulu-the-new-future-of-windows-server-gui-management-servermgmt-smt-winserv/

     

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    Robert Smit is Senior Technical Evangelist and is a current Microsoft MVP in Clustering as of 2009. Robert has over 20 years experience in IT with experience in the educational, health-care and finance industries. Robert’s past IT experience in the trenches of IT gives him the knowledge and insight that allows him to communicate effectively with IT professionals who are trying to address real concerns around business continuity, disaster recovery and regulatory compliance issues. Robert holds the following certifications: MCT - Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCTS - Windows Server Virtualization, MCSE, MCSA and MCPS. He is an active participant in the Microsoft newsgroup community and is currently focused on Hyper-V, Failover Clustering, SQL Server, Azure and all things related to Cloud Computing and Infrastructure Optimalization. Follow Robert on Twitter @ClusterMVP Or follow his blog https://robertsmit.wordpress.com Linkedin Profile Http://nl.linkedin.com/in/robertsmit Robert is also capable of transferring his knowledge to others which is a rare feature in the field of IT. He makes a point of not only solving issues but also of giving on the job training of his colleagues. A customer says " Robert has been a big influence on our technical staff and I have to come to know him as a brilliant specialist concerning Microsoft Products. He was Capable with his in-depth knowledge of Microsoft products to troubleshoot problems and develop our infrastructure to a higher level. I would certainly hire him again in the future. " Details of the Recommendation: "I have been coordinating with Robert implementing a very complex system. Although he was primarily a Microsoft infrastructure specialist; he was able to understand and debug .Net based complext Windows applications and websites. His input to improve performance of applications proved very helpful for the success of our project

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