Microsoft provides a library of notebooks to help you learn other tools, including using Python with its CNTK deep learning framework and building and training Azure ML models.

It also hosts it in Azure Notebooks and uses it to build end-user experiences like the Azure command-line interface (CLI). Microsoft considers Python an essential programming language.

Azure Notebooks currently support Python 2, Python 3, R, and F# kernels. For some reason, SQL is not listed in the online documentation, but I have installed and used both a Spark and SQL kernel.

PyTorch 1.2 was released earlier this month. The deep learning framework has now been integrated with some Azure services by Microsoft, along with helpful notes as to its usage on the cloud platform.

Microsoft Azure Notebooks is available free of charge and represents yet another way for people to learn programming and data science outside of traditional schooling.

The notebooks come pre-packaged with support for the Azure Machine Learning Python SDK and run in what the company describes as a “secure, enterprise-ready environment.” ...