Some SAS 9.4 installations require Microsoft Windows PowerShell. The PowerShell version that is required is 2.0 or later. During the SAS installation, however, the SAS Deployment Wizard dialog box might display the path to Windows PowerShell 1.0. This is actually not a problem. By design, Microsoft installs PowerShell 2.0 and PowerShell 3.0 to the PowerShell 1.0 path.

You can most likely ignore this discrepancy and continue with the installation without issue. If, however, you prefer to verify that you are running PowerShell version 2.0 or later, simply open PowerShell and issue a get-host command. If you meet the minimum requirement of Windows PowerShell 2.0, you may proceed.

Below is a SAS Deployment Wizard dialog box showing the discrepancy. The box indicates the requirement of PowerShell 2.0 but shows the default path to C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0.

Click Microsoft Windows PowerShell for more information about the Windows PowerShell.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Ent	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4		9.4 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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The path to Microsoft Windows PowerShell version 1.0 might be displayed in the SAS® Deployment Wizard when you are installing SAS® 9.4.

Type:	Installation Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2013-06-11 16:38:23
Date Created:	2013-06-05 17:11:34