The Pythic Coder’s Recommended Content for Getting Started with Machine Learning on Azure

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5 min readDec 6, 2018

Tldr; Since the post on DevOps resources was well received, and it can be difficult tracking down documentation, I was asked to provide a list of recommended resources for Machine Learning on Azure. I will make an effort to keep this list updated as new developments emerge.

Free Trial

Azure Free Trial | Microsoft Azure

Start your free Microsoft Azure trial and receive $200 in Azure credits to use any way you want. Run virtual machines…

azure.microsoft.com

Azure Machine Learning Service Landing Pages

Azure Machine Learning Service | Microsoft Azure

Build, train, and manage machine learning models and experiments and easily deploy to the cloud or the edge with Azure…

azure.microsoft.com

Data Science Virtual Machines | Microsoft Azure

DSVMs are Azure Virtual Machine images, pre-installed, configured and tested with several popular tools that are…

azure.microsoft.com

Azure Databricks | Microsoft Azure

Build and scale your company's analytics by unifying data science, engineering, and business projects with Microsoft…

azure.microsoft.com

Machine Learning | Microsoft Azure

A fully-managed cloud service that enables you to easily build, deploy, and share predictive analytics solutions. Azure…

azure.microsoft.com

Cognitive Services | Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Stack is an extension of Azure-bringing the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your…

azure.microsoft.com

Relevant Microsoft Learn Modules

Microsoft Learn is an free interactive sandbox for learning new Azure skills

Interactive deep learning with Jupyter, Docker and PyTorch on the Data Science Virtual Machine …

Learn to train deep learning models with Jupyter, PyTorch and the Data Science Virtual Machine.

docs.microsoft.com

Quick Starts

Quickstart: Use the Python SDK to create a machine learning service workspace - Azure Machine…

Get started with Azure Machine Learning. Install the Python SDK and use it to create a workspace. This workspace is the…

docs.microsoft.com

CDA Experts

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Azure Machine Learning Tutorials

Tutorial: Train an image classification model with Azure Machine Learning service

This tutorial shows how to use Azure Machine Learning service to train an image classification model with scikit-learn…

docs.microsoft.com

Tutorial: Train a classification model with automated machine learning - Azure Machine Learning…

Learn how to generate a machine learning model using automated machine learning. Azure Machine Learning can perform…

docs.microsoft.com

Tutorial: Deploy an image classification model in Azure Container Instance (ACI) with Azure Machine…

This tutorial shows how to use Azure Machine Learning service to deploy an image classification model with scikit-learn…

docs.microsoft.com

Notable Open Source Repos

Azure/Azure-MachineLearning-DataScience

Contribute to Azure/Azure-MachineLearning-DataScience development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

amynic/azureml-sdk-fashion

A demo and code repository showing the use of the azureml-sdk to move from creating scripted models on your dev machine…

github.com

aribornstein/TensorflowJS4Azure

A repository for running Azure Tensorflow JS Pose Estimation - aribornstein/TensorflowJS4Azure

github.com

aribornstein/CVWorkshop

This computer vision workshop is based on the work detecting complex policies in the following [real life code…

github.com

Microsoft/VoTT

Visual Object Tagging Tool: An electron app for building end to end Object Detection Models from Images and Videos. …

github.com

Video Tutorials

Medium Posts

Democratize Artificial Intelligence with Automated Machine Learning

This blog post is authored by Francesca Lazzeri (@frlazzeri)

medium.com

Microsoft Developer Blog

Active Learning for Object Detection in Partnership with Conservation Metrics

Using artificial intelligence to monitor the progress of conservation projects is becoming increasingly popular…

www.microsoft.com

Unsupervised driver safety estimation at scale, a collaboration with Pointer Telocation

Connected cars, which have the ability to collect and transfer data via cellular networks, offer us the opportunity to…

www.microsoft.com

Semantic Segmentation of Small Data using Keras on an Azure Deep Learning Virtual Machine

As previously featured on the Developer Blog, golf performance tracking startup Arccos joined forces with Commercial…

www.microsoft.com

Using Otsu's method to generate data for training of deep learning image segmentation models

In this article, we introduce a technique to rapidly pre-label training data for image segmentation models such that…

www.microsoft.com

Fashion Retail Inventory Management With Deep Learning Content-based Image Retrieval

The online fashion retail space continues to boom, as modern consumers increasingly lean towards a more convenient…

www.microsoft.com

Making sense of Handwritten Sections in Scanned Documents using the Azure ML Package for Computer…

Extracting general concepts, rather than specific phrases, from documents and contracts is challenging. It's even more…

www.microsoft.com

Sequence Intent Classification Using Hierarchical Attention Networks

We analyze how Hierarchical Attention Neural Networks could be helpful with malware detection and classification…

www.microsoft.com

Additional Content

R developer's guide to Azure - R programming

This article provides an overview of the various ways that data scientists can leverage their existing skills with the…

docs.microsoft.com

Open Source Lists

sebastianruder/NLP-progress

Repository to track the progress in Natural Language Processing (NLP), including the datasets and the current…

github.com

jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision

A curated list of awesome computer vision resources - jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision

github.com

josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning

A curated list of awesome Machine Learning frameworks, libraries and software. - josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning

github.com

The Pythic Coder’s Recommended Content for Getting Started with Machine Learning on Azure

Free Trial

Azure Free Trial | Microsoft Azure

Start your free Microsoft Azure trial and receive $200 in Azure credits to use any way you want. Run virtual machines…

Azure Machine Learning Service Landing Pages

Azure Machine Learning Service | Microsoft Azure

Build, train, and manage machine learning models and experiments and easily deploy to the cloud or the edge with Azure…

Data Science Virtual Machines | Microsoft Azure

DSVMs are Azure Virtual Machine images, pre-installed, configured and tested with several popular tools that are…

Azure Databricks | Microsoft Azure

Build and scale your company's analytics by unifying data science, engineering, and business projects with Microsoft…

Machine Learning | Microsoft Azure

A fully-managed cloud service that enables you to easily build, deploy, and share predictive analytics solutions. Azure…

Cognitive Services | Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Stack is an extension of Azure-bringing the agility and innovation of cloud computing to your…

Relevant Microsoft Learn Modules

Interactive deep learning with Jupyter, Docker and PyTorch on the Data Science Virtual Machine …

Learn to train deep learning models with Jupyter, PyTorch and the Data Science Virtual Machine.

Quick Starts

Quickstart: Use the Python SDK to create a machine learning service workspace - Azure Machine…

Get started with Azure Machine Learning. Install the Python SDK and use it to create a workspace. This workspace is the…

CDA Experts

Azure Machine Learning Tutorials

Tutorial: Train an image classification model with Azure Machine Learning service

This tutorial shows how to use Azure Machine Learning service to train an image classification model with scikit-learn…

Tutorial: Train a classification model with automated machine learning - Azure Machine Learning…

Learn how to generate a machine learning model using automated machine learning. Azure Machine Learning can perform…

Tutorial: Deploy an image classification model in Azure Container Instance (ACI) with Azure Machine…

This tutorial shows how to use Azure Machine Learning service to deploy an image classification model with scikit-learn…

Notable Open Source Repos

Azure/Azure-MachineLearning-DataScience

Contribute to Azure/Azure-MachineLearning-DataScience development by creating an account on GitHub.

amynic/azureml-sdk-fashion

A demo and code repository showing the use of the azureml-sdk to move from creating scripted models on your dev machine…

aribornstein/TensorflowJS4Azure

A repository for running Azure Tensorflow JS Pose Estimation - aribornstein/TensorflowJS4Azure

aribornstein/CVWorkshop

This computer vision workshop is based on the work detecting complex policies in the following [real life code…

Microsoft/VoTT

Visual Object Tagging Tool: An electron app for building end to end Object Detection Models from Images and Videos. …

Video Tutorials

Medium Posts

Democratize Artificial Intelligence with Automated Machine Learning

This blog post is authored by Francesca Lazzeri (@frlazzeri)

Microsoft Developer Blog

Active Learning for Object Detection in Partnership with Conservation Metrics

Using artificial intelligence to monitor the progress of conservation projects is becoming increasingly popular…

Unsupervised driver safety estimation at scale, a collaboration with Pointer Telocation

Connected cars, which have the ability to collect and transfer data via cellular networks, offer us the opportunity to…

Semantic Segmentation of Small Data using Keras on an Azure Deep Learning Virtual Machine

As previously featured on the Developer Blog, golf performance tracking startup Arccos joined forces with Commercial…

Using Otsu's method to generate data for training of deep learning image segmentation models

In this article, we introduce a technique to rapidly pre-label training data for image segmentation models such that…

Fashion Retail Inventory Management With Deep Learning Content-based Image Retrieval

The online fashion retail space continues to boom, as modern consumers increasingly lean towards a more convenient…

Making sense of Handwritten Sections in Scanned Documents using the Azure ML Package for Computer…

Extracting general concepts, rather than specific phrases, from documents and contracts is challenging. It's even more…

Sequence Intent Classification Using Hierarchical Attention Networks

We analyze how Hierarchical Attention Neural Networks could be helpful with malware detection and classification…

Additional Content

R developer's guide to Azure - R programming

This article provides an overview of the various ways that data scientists can leverage their existing skills with the…

Open Source Lists

sebastianruder/NLP-progress

Repository to track the progress in Natural Language Processing (NLP), including the datasets and the current…

jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision

A curated list of awesome computer vision resources - jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision

josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning

A curated list of awesome Machine Learning frameworks, libraries and software. - josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning

Written by Aaron (Ari) Bornstein