Before you start

Run Experiments
Experiments are at the core of a data scientist’s work. In Azure Machine Learning, an experiment is used to run a
Provision an
Azure Machine script or a pipeline, and usually generates outputs and records metrics. In this exercise, you will use the Azure
Learning Machine Learning SDK to run Python code as experiments.
workspace

Clone the lab

materials
Before you start
Verify the Azure
You’ll need an Azure subscription in which you have administrative-level access.
Machine
Learning SDK is
installed Provision an Azure Machine Learning workspace
Run An Azure Machine Learning workspace provides a central place for managing all resources and assets you need
experiments in a
notebook to train and manage your models. You can interact with the Azure Machine Learning workspace through the
Studio, Python SDK, and Azure CLI.
Delete Azure
resources
Create the workspace

To create the Azure Machine Learning workspace and a compute instance, you’ll use the Azure CLI. All necessary
commands are grouped in a Shell script for you to execute.

1. In a browser, open the Azure portal at portal.azure.com, signing in with your Microsoft account.
2. Select the [>_] (Cloud Shell) button at the top of the page to the right of the search box. This opens a Cloud
Shell pane at the bottom of the portal.
3. The first time you open the cloud shell, you will be asked to choose the type of shell you want to use (Bash
or PowerShell). Select Bash.
4. If you are asked to create storage for your cloud shell, check that the correct subscription is specified and
select Create storage. Wait for the storage to be created.

5. In the terminal, enter the following commands to clone this repo:

```bash rm -r mslearn-dp100 -f git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/mslearn-dp100 mslearn-

dp100

6. After the repo has been cloned, enter the following commands to change to the folder for this lab and run
the setup.sh script it contains:

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cd mslearn-dp100
./setup.sh

7. Wait for the script to complete - this typically takes around 5-10 minutes.

Clone the lab materials

You can use the Notebooks page in Azure Machine Learning studio to run notebooks.

1. In Azure Machine Learning studio, view the Compute page for your workspace; and on the Compute
Instances tab, start your compute instance if it is not already running.
2. Select Terminal under Applications to open a terminal, and ensure that its Compute is set to your
compute instance and that the current path is the /users/your-user-name folder.

3. Enter the following command to clone a Git repository containing notebooks, data, and other files to your
workspace:
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git clone https://github.com/MicrosoftLearning/mslearn-dp100 mslearn-dp100

4. When the command has completed, in the Notebooks pane, click ↻ to refresh the view and verify that a
new /users/your-user-name/mslearn-dp100 folder has been created. This folder contains multiple .ipynb
notebook files.

� Tip: New to Python? Use the Python cheat sheet to understand the code.

Verify the Azure Machine Learning SDK is installed

The Azure Machine Learning SDK is installed by default on your compute instance. Follow these steps to verify
the installation.

1. In the Notebooks page, create a new Terminal if it’s not open anymore. This will open a new tab with a
command shell.

2. Enter the following command to verify that the Azure ML SDK is installed:

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pip show azureml-sdk

Note the version of the SDK package installed.

3. The azureml-sdk SDK package provides the most important libraries needed to work with Azure Machine
Learning> However, there are some additional packages that contain other useful libraries not included in
the main SDK package. Use the following command to verify that the azureml-widgets package, which
contains libraries for displaying Azure Machine Learning information in notebooks, is also installed:

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pip show azureml-widgets

4. Close the Terminal tab.

� More Information: For more details about installing the Azure ML SDK and its optional components, see the Azure ML SDK
Documentation.

Run experiments in a notebook

Experiments in Azure Machine Learning need to be initiated from some sort of control layer; often a script or
program. In this exercise, you’ll use a notebook to control experiments.

1. In the Notebooks page, browse to the /users/your-user-name/mslearn-dp100 folder where you cloned
the notebook repository, and open the Run Experiments notebook.
2. Then read the notes in the notebook, running each code cell in turn.

Delete Azure resources

When you finish exploring Azure Machine Learning, you should delete the resources you’ve created to avoid
unnecessary Azure costs.

1. Close the Azure Machine Learning Studio tab and return to the Azure portal.
2. In the Azure portal, on the Home page, select Resource groups.
3. Select the rg-dp100-labs resource group.
4. At the top of the Overview page for your resource group, select Delete resource group.
5. Enter the resource group name to confirm you want to delete it, and select Delete.