Azure Databricks currently runs R version 3.4.4 (2018-03-15), which is unacceptable in my opinion since the latest R version on CRAN is 3.5.2 (2018-12-20).
My question is: Is it possible for me to upgrade and install R version 3.5.2 on Azure Databricks? Follow-up question, is there any information available regarding the release schedule for R on Databricks?
I got in touch with Microsoft via email and they confirmed that you cannot upgrade and install a newer version of R on Azure Databricks as R comes bundled with the Databricks runtime.