We have a VM with a SQL Server running. Today I wanted to add a user to the box and I noticed that there are 20 SQL Server windows users. I have no idea where these came from. The description says Local user account for execution of R scripts in SQL Server instance MSSQLSERVER
Anyone know what's up with these accounts that seem to appear out of nowhere? What happens if I delete them?
You're running SQL Server 2016 with R Services enabled. These accounts are created as part of installation, and are used to run R processes when called from SQL.
From the MSDN documentation: