The purpose of this SAS Note is to help you install the SAS 9.4 PC Files Server, which is available for download. The instructions in this note are to be used in conjunction with the SAS^® 9.4 PC Files Server Installation and Configuration Guide, which contains full instructions for installing and using the SAS PC Files Server.

Important: Open the above link to the SAS^® 9.4 PC Files Server Installation and Configuration Guide before using this SAS Note. You will use only a few pages of the guide, not the entire guide.

Required Steps for Installing the SAS PC Files Server

1. Check your version of Microsoft Office and your version of SAS:

• See the "Preinstallation Steps" section on page 2 of the guide to determine the version and bit architecture of both.

2. If SAS is running on a Windows platform and the Microsoft Office and SAS bit architectures match, you do not need to install the SAS PC Files Server. You can use DBMS=EXCEL or DBMS=ACCESS without the SAS PC Files Server. 
    
3. If SAS is running on a Windows platform and the Microsoft Office and SAS bit architectures do not match or SAS is running on a UNIX platform, then you can install the SAS PC Files Server. 

• Continue with the instructions found on page 2 of the guide.

4.  To install the SAS PC Files Server, complete these steps:
   1. Navigate to the section "Installing the SAS PC Files Server," which begins on page 5 of the guide.
   2. Make sure that you choose the Windows version if your Office software is 32-bit and the Microsoft Windows for X64 version if your Office software is 64-bit.

Importing and Exporting Microsoft Files

• If SAS and the SAS PC Files Server are on the same machine:
  • See page 19 of the guide for example code to use with the SAS PC Files Server.
     
• If SAS and the SAS PC Files Server are on different machines:
  • See page 26 of the guide for example code to use with the SAS PC Files Server.

Additional Option

• To use the Import Wizard with the SAS PC Files Server, see SAS Note 44197.
• To use the Export Wizard with the SAS PC Files Server, see SAS Note 45340.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files	HP-UX IPF	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Linux for x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Solaris for x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.4_M1		9.4 TS1M1

* 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 SAS PC Files Server for SAS 9.4 is available for download from the SAS website. This SAS Note summarizes the steps needed to download the software.

Type:	Installation Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2014-12-05 12:42:09
Date Created:	2014-10-22 09:48:56