SAS Administration​ Learning Subscription

For SAS administrators responsible for installing and configuring SAS software at their company site, monitoring performance, managing employee access, and troubleshooting issues.
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This learning subscription includes SAS administrator training for administrators at every level, from those learning the basics of how to get started with SAS administration to those learning the essentials that every SAS administrator must know. The courses prepare you with the skills needed to earn a SAS credential. Additional support for administrators can be found here.

Learn how to:

  • Navigate the SAS environment.
  • Manage a SAS environment.
  • Integrate SAS Viya with SAS 9.4.
  • Monitor performance, log, and troubleshoot issues.
  • Manage users, manage their access, and troubleshoot authorization issues.
  • Secure the SAS configuration on each server machine.
  • Understand how SAS works on Kubernetes.
  • Establish connectivity to data sources for processing and analysis.
  • Monitor and back up your environment.
  • Diagnose server and service problems using logs.
  • Administer and maintain SAS applications and solutions.

    • Before taking these courses, it is recommended that you take the free SAS®9 Administration: Getting Started or SAS Viya Administration: Getting Started course (or both).

    Courses Included

    SAS Viya Platform

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      SAS® Viya Overview
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      This course provides an overview of SAS Viya, including platform architecture, applications, and code development. Each demonstration is designed for learners to follow along and experience how SAS Viya supports every phase of the analytics lifecycle in a single integrated platform.

      ENROLL

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      SAS Viya Administration: Getting Started
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      SAS® Viya® Administration Fast Track
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      This course is a three-day immersion into a SAS Viya environment. This course provides essential topics for SAS Viya administration and demonstrates how to perform administration tasks using SAS Environment Manager and the sas-viya command-line interface to administer a SAS Viya environment.

      ENROLL

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      SAS® Viya® Administration Operations
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      This hands-on workshop provides a look at the high-impact tasks and responsibilities of administering SAS Viya on Kubernetes. The focus is on traditional administrative tasks that are impacted by running on Kubernetes.

      ENROLL

    • CERTIFICATION PREP

      SAS Viya Administration Specialist
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      In preparation for this exam, you will learn to manage a SAS Viya environment, manage identities and users, manage content and functionality, and manage data in CAS. You will also learn to monitor, log, and troubleshoot a SAS Viya environment.

      ENROLL

    • CERTIFICATION PREP

      Practice Exam: Administering SAS Viya
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      Welcome to the practice exam for the SAS Certified Administering SAS Viya credential. This exam is designed for those who have the skills and knowledge necessary for the administration of SAS Viya. Successful candidates should be able to do the following:
      • Manage a SAS Viya environment.
      • Monitor, log and troubleshoot a SAS Viya environment.
      • Manage identities and users.
      • Manage content and functionality.
      • Manage data in CAS.
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      Getting Started with SAS® and Kubernetes
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      Applying Updates on SAS® Viya®
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      This case study provides an outline of various update scenarios typically expected of a SAS Administrator for maintenance of a SAS Viya deployment. It provides hands-on exercises for an opportunity to work through practical examples of the update scenarios, which include
      • applying patch updates to a Viya deployment
      • updating SAS Viya software to a later version; and
      • updating mirror registries.
      The accompanying workshop environment utilizes the sas-orchestration tool, which can simplify the process of applying updates to a SAS Viya environment.

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      Architecture and Administration for SAS® Workload Management on SAS® Viya®
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      This course provides an overview of SAS Workload Management on SAS Viya. The course examines SAS Workload Orchestrator software and outlines general concepts and usage scenarios, architecture and deployment considerations, and administration and monitoring functions. Hands-on exercises are provided for the student to explore SAS Workload Management tasks and features in a SAS Viya environment deployed on Kubernetes.

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      SAS® Viya®: Observability
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      In this course, you observe a live SAS Viya deployment using logging, monitoring, alerting, and auditing to observe its health, configuration, and end-user workload. You also explore topics related to discovering the characteristics and availability of a SAS Viya deployment running on Kubernetes. You get hands-on experience with SAS Viya Monitoring for Kubernetes, SAS Enterprise Session Monitor and the observability framework supported by SAS for use with Viya on Kubernetes.

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      Migrating SAS® 9.4 Content to the SAS® Viya® Platform
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      In this course, you learn about the tools and processes to migrate existing SAS 9.4 content to the latest release of the SAS Viya platform.

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      Migration from SAS® Viya® 3 to the SAS® Viya® Platform
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      In this course, you learn about the tools and processes to migrate from SAS Viya 3 to the latest release of the SAS Viya platform. The course covers the two supported methods for migration: content migration and system migration.

      ENROLL

    SAS Viya 3.x

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      SAS® Viya® Administration: Fast Track (3.5)
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      ENROLL

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      System Tuning Using SAS® Enterprise Session Monitor
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      ENROLL

    SAS 9

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      SAS®9 Administration: Getting Started
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      SAS®9 Administration Fast Track
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      SAS® Grid Manager: Administration
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      Workload Orchestrator Administration for SAS® Grid
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      SAS® Platform Administration: Hands-on Troubleshooting of SAS® 9.4
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    • CERTIFICATION PREP

      SAS Certified Platform Administrator for SAS 9
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      In preparation for this exam, you will learn how to secure the SAS configuration on each server machine, check status and operate servers, monitor server activity and administer logging, establish formal, regularly scheduled backup processes, add users and manage their access, establish connectivity to data sources, set up and secure metadata folder structures, administer repositories and move metadata, and understand the interaction between SAS servers and operating systems.

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    • CERTIFICATION PREP

      Practice Exam: SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9
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      Practice Exam: SAS Platform Administration for SAS 9

      ENROLL

    Additional Administration Topics

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      SAS Viya Platform Administration
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    SAS Products Covered

    • SAS Viya
    • SAS Workload Orchestrator
    • SAS Workload Management
    • SAS Analytics Platform
    • SAS Enterprise Session Monitor
    • SAS Management Console
    • SAS Environment Manager for SAS 9.4
    • SAS Grid Computing


    Digital Badges

    Earn a digital badge for each course that you complete and for each credential that you earn. Show off your achievements on your resume and in your social channels to highlight your skills and connect with potential employers.

    Certification Preparation

    When you complete the courses in this learning subscription, you will have the demonstrated skills necessary to prepare you to earn one of the following certifications.

  • SAS Certified Platform Administrator for SAS®9
  • SAS Certified Specialist: Administration of SAS Viya

    • “I think the self-paced training was the BEST I’ve ever taken. The videos were short and segmented correctly to keep my attention and the activities and quizzes were just enough to help my confidence.”

    Tony Mayo, SAS Customer