This course explores the architectural design and deployment of SAS Viya within modern cloud-native environments, focusing on topologies, platform components, scalability, performance, integration, and security. Learners will gain practical knowledge through in-depth discussions on stateless and stateful services, node placement strategies, workload management, multi-version support, and integration with open-source tools. Real-world examples and best practices are used to prepare practitioners to make informed, scalable, and secure decisions in SAS Viya deployments.