Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio Initial Setup

it_user1050483 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Inosense

The initial setup of this solution is straightforward.

The client site that we were working at had a proxy, and we were having a lot of trouble managing the rules inside the proxy because the Machine Learning Studio was not showing on the screen, in the browser, as it should. There are a lot of JavaScripts and this is a heavy client. There is a lot of feature logic performed on the client-side, such as the drag-and-drop. We had a lot of problems.

Besides that, once we fixed our network problem, it was straightforward.

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Rishi Verma - PeerSpot reviewer
Practice Director at Birlasoft IndiaLtd.

The initial setup is straightforward with deployment time depending on the environment. It depends on how many machine learning models we need to develop, the type of resources, the different sources, data volumes, etc. 

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Viswanath Barenkala - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Vice President at State Street

We can deploy the solution within ten minutes. 

There is a team that handles the deployment. 

We don't have to really worry about maintenance; we're still in the process of adoption.

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Jenitha P - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at PepsiCo

This is easy to deploy. I did not fid the process to be overly complex. 

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Jiten C - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Data Scientist at JSA Healthcare Corporation

The solution's initial setup process was pretty straightforward.

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Vijay Rameshkumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at Sunergy


The initial setup duration largely depends on your prior experience with the service. While setting up is generally straightforward, the time-consuming part comes in when you have to repeatedly input your username and password to connect with different building blocks. The deployment time can vary significantly. If you opt for an internal deployment suggested by Azure, it's relatively quick. However, if you're looking for an external deployment, it might take more time. The deployment timeline hinges on the project's scope and architecture. 
Based on my experience, I find that it typically doesn't require a substantial amount of time.

In my previous experience using Azure and Machine Learning Studio, the database service offers an integrated option for data cleaning and ETL. This means you don't need to allocate extra time for data preparation and deployment because everything is interconnected. Monitoring progress is also feasible. Therefore, in terms of deployment and data engineering, there's generally not a significant increase in time required unless the project scope is extensive. For moderately scaled projects, a single person can handle the entire deployment.

 The initial setup is moderate and I would rate it seven out of ten.
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HéctorGiorgiutti - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Machine Learning Engineer at EY

The initial setup depends on the developer's knowledge of machine learning models as to whether it is easy or difficult. With a good understanding of these models, then we can get to work quickly in the environment. With 20 years of experience in IT, making applications on legacy platforms and non-web platforms, I have found that Azure has a very good implementation. The platform is so comprehensive that it doesn't matter what kind of work we do, we can find the tools needed to get the job done. In comparison to what I was doing five years ago, Azure is a great platform and I really enjoy working with it.

We should allocate up to 12 percent of our project time to deployment. Depending on the complexity of the solution, we should expect to spend more time on deployment.

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William Foo - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Director at Integral Solutions (Asia) Pte Ltd

I rate the initial setup phase of the solution a six on a scale of one to ten, where one is difficult, and ten is easy. The initial setup phase of the solution was a bit complex. The setup phase is a bit difficult if you want to view Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio as an application.

The solution is deployed 50 percent on the cloud and 50 percent on-premises.

Considering the fact that my company currently builds some standard solutions, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio's deployment takes us around two to three months.

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N Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Director Of Technology at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

In terms of setting up Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, initially, when my company started, the documentation wasn't so good, but now it has improved. Provisioning the solution only takes a few clicks, so it's no big deal, but setting up the pipelines because no enterprise will have a single environment, you'll have to create multiple pre-production and end production environments, so moving my latest changes to the next environment was a bit of a challenge.

Many terminologies are now in the market such as DevSecOps, and MLOps, so that MLOps documentation was available initially, but it wasn't very explanatory, but now, there's a lot of improvement in the MLOps documentation and that will help me move and propagate my changes from one environment to another.

Microsoft has made improvements into the tutorials, especially on MLOps. Finding MLOps experts in the market was also very tough initially, so my company was trying to learn on the job and do it, so it took some thinking and time, but it's still good because you can learn on the job and do it, but you won't always have the luxury of time to learn it.

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CS
Owner at Channing Stowell Associates

I found the setup to be very easy. I've been doing this type of work for 50 years so the modern terminology isn't always the same as what I grew up with. It took me a while to understand that, but the setups were very easy. As with anything, the hardest part is always getting the data together, but the outside consultants had built up a very, very good data warehouse. The ability to manipulate the data and create variables was very nice.

THIS IS THE ONLY MODELING APPROACH THAT EVER WORKED THE VERY TIME I RAN IT!!

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it_user848265 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Analyst at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

It was very simple and straightforward. It is really simple to start building a project.

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Gerald Dunn - PeerSpot reviewer
Director and Owner at Standswell Ltd

I rate the solution a seven out of ten for the ease of its initial setup.

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Marta Frąckowiak - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at Gdańsk University of Technology

The initial setup for me was initially quite complex, but after completing a course related to Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio, it became less complex. However, one needs to have a good understanding of the required parameters and what the model needs to do in order to achieve good performance. So sometimes, it's not that simple. The deployment process took me a couple of hours to complete. I was able to do it quickly because I was using Azure Machine Learning Designer and Python SDK while also learning automation. The setup process for AltaML was easy and could be completed in hours. With Python SDK, the setup process was quite long because of the code that needed to be written, so one needs to know what to write.

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Himanshu Agarwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We have three people that can handle deployments. It takes about two months to deploy. 

We provide maintenance to our clients and only need one person to handle it. It's not too maintenance-intensive. 

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FF
Lead Engineer at EDP

The deployment is quite easy. It takes a few minutes. I rate the ease of deployment a seven out of ten.

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WaleedAli - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Science Lead at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees

The initial setup wasn't too complex, and I would rate it at eight out of ten. The documentation was easy to follow.

The deployment took a couple of days. We obtained the data, made it available, and then set up the environment. We tried out different models and ran experiments.

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AB
STI Data Leader at grupo gtd

The initial setup of Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is easy.

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Mahendra Prajapati - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Analytics at a media company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Setting up Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio was very easy and is comparable to how easy it is to use any feature available in the tool.

Configuring the pipeline takes just ten to fifteen minutes, but that would still depend on the data volume.

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MS
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The solution's initial setup process is complicated. We need to get details on web service activities, identify internet services, manage service identity, etc. The time taken for deployment depends on the complexity of the specific model. It takes around a quarter of an hour per model to complete, on average.

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AH
Assistant Manager Data Literacy at K electric

We didn't have any problems with the setup. It was pretty straightforward.

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Danuphan Suwanwong - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Scientist at Coraline

The initial setup was fairly straightforward. I would rate it seven out of ten.

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MR
Principal Data Engineer at Turing

One or two engineers can easily maintain ML Studio without much hassle.

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AM
Global Data Architecture and Data Science Director at FH

Deployment of the tool is simple. Just one click on Microsoft. Once you have procured the license, you can just log in and use it. It's a ready-to-use tool.

When you deploy the solution after analytic development, it depends on the project but it can take anywhere from one month to six months.

Also, depending on the infrastructure, the initial deployment can take one week to a month.

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MD
Head Of Analytics Platforms and Architecture at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is quick and easy. It's not complex at all. There is no installation per se. It's simply that you plug into the cloud and start using it.

For deployment, you likely need a two or three-member team. You don't need a lot of people to get it up and running. Largely they are just managers, admins or engineers, or a combination of those three.

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CP
Tech Lead at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward.

Our deployment took about six weeks, but that was also integrating the new telephony platform as well. For the AI elements, it was probably around five days.

Once the initial knowledge base was set it it took time to build and get it to where we needed it to be. Until that happens you can't really implement the AI element. This is what took about six weeks, so that it covered all of the inquiries that we wanted.

We started with an on-premises deployment and have moved to the cloud.

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Ognian Dantchev - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at ALSO Finland Oy

Whatever we develop, we deploy from the GUI. The tool can be easily deployed.

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HA
Cloud Administrator at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

The initial setup is easy. I rate the process an eight out of ten. We have trained machine learning models for the installation. It requires two executives for deployment and three executives for maintenance.

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LV
Advanced Analytics Lead at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The installation is easy. However, there is a bit more to do than with the installation of Databricks. The time it takes for the installation is approximately one day with a two-person team.

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VL
Senior Manager - Data & Analytics at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Compared to their big competitor, it's much easier to set up.

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SS
Head - Data Analytics at a consultancy with 51-200 employees

The initial setup is very straightforward. It is not difficult to do.

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KK
Data Scientist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The infrastructure and the software configuration part was done by one of my teammates. It was completed in two working days. We did experience some issues with the board communications which extended the time to complete the setup. This was only for the DataStage installation which is one of many components of this solution.

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it_user833565 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer

Simple. Create MLS live account (preferably paid ones), open MLS, done.

Caveat: Different organizations have different attitudes towards cloud use, especially with sensitive data. At Bridgestone, the hardest part was getting corporate approval to allow me to upload heavily treated, sensitive data to a cloud platform.

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SaurabhSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Analyst at Wespath Benefits and Investments

I was not involved in the deployment process. But there is maintenance. It was quite a headache. 

Maintenance does require attention. With any cloud implementation, cost optimization is a major factor. Our team had discussions about it. 

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PS
Data & AI CoE Managing Consultant at a consultancy with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was straightforward, though you do need some experience with Azure administration in order to install it.

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EC
student at a university with 201-500 employees

The initial setup was not difficult or overly complex. It's very straightforward, very simple, and very easy to understand. 

Everything is just written down in a way that was an easy way to understand, even for someone who isn't used to the packages of Microsoft.

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it_user1274883 - PeerSpot reviewer
CRM Consultant at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The initial setup is very straightforward.

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SD
Business transformation advisor/Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

 Compared to similar solutions, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio is quite new so the initial setup wasn't much of a challenge. The data processor can pose a bit of a challenge, but the real complexity is determined by the skill of the implementation team.

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Ognian Dantchev - PeerSpot reviewer
Machine Learning Engineer at ALSO Finland Oy

Setting up ML Studio is very straightforward because it's a cloud thing. 

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NT
Data & AI expert at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward. I think it's a cloud service, and whenever I create a new workspace, it takes me around five to ten minutes to deploy it.

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GM
Director at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup is straightforward and not too complex.

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JN
Co-Founder at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It was complex to setup the workspace, but once it was done, we were good to go.

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OA
Big Data & Cloud Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The initial setup was very easy because it's a cloud solution. With the cloud option, you just subscribe, and you are ready to go in a few minutes.

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Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Azure Machine Learning Studio. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
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