Supported Operating Environments
The table on this page provides an overview of the Microsoft Windows operating systems, both workstations and servers, that are supported under recent SAS releases, from SAS 8.2 to SAS 9.1.3. An "X" in the table indicates that the SAS release and Windows operating system combination is supported.
Included is a comment section that outlines which Microsoft Windows service packs are required or recommended and pertinent information related to Windows x64. For more information about each release, see the system requirements for SAS 8 and SAS®9. SAS determines which Windows operating system its releases run under by following Microsoft's Support Lifecycle Policy. When an operating system reaches its end of life, Microsoft reduces or ends support. SAS's support lifecycle policy defines the support available for SAS releases. You can find out more about the changes from SAS 8.2 to SAS®9 in What's New? More information is available about SAS Foundation products and SAS Business Intelligence (BI).
If you require more information that is not answered by this page or by system requirements, contact SAS Technical Support.
* SAS 9.1.3 does not support the installation of bundles, such as Education Analytic Suite (EAS), that include SAS products that are NOT supported under Windows x64. See SAS Note SN-016568 for details.
Is there a SAS/ACCESS release for you?
Determine the relationship between your OS, your DBMS, your version of SAS and SAS/ACCESS software.| Operating System | 8.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.1.2 | 9.1.3 | BI Capable | Comments |
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| Windows 98 |
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| Windows Me |
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| Windows NT Workstation 4.0 |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 6a; end of life per Microsoft's Support Lifecycle Policy |
| Windows 2000 Professional |
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| Windows XP Home Edition |
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| Windows XP Professional Edition |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 2 or higher |
| Windows XP Media Center Edition |
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Microsoft Windows service pack 2 or higher; follows same recommendations as XP Pro |
| Windows XP Tablet PC Edition |
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Microsoft Windows service pack 2 or higher; follows same recommendations as XP Pro |
| * Windows XP Professional x64 |
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| Windows XP Professional 64-bit Itanium Edition |
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| Windows NT Server 4.0, Standard Edition |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 6a; end of life per Microsoft's Support Lifecycle Policy |
| Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 6a; end of life per Microsoft's Support Lifecycle Policy |
| Windows 2000 Server |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 4 or higher |
| Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 4 or higher |
| Windows 2000 Datacenter Server |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 4 or higher |
| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86) |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 1 or higher |
| Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition R2 (32-bit x86) |
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| Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86) |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 1 or higher |
| Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition R2 (32-bit x86) |
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| Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition (32-bit x86) |
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Recommend Microsoft Windows service pack 1 or higher |
| Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition R2 (32-bit x86) |
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| Windows Server 2003, Web Edition | Not supported: special-purposed Windows server operating system for use as a web server | ||||||
| Windows Small Business Server 2003 |
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| Windows Storage Server 2003 | Not supported: used for SAN/NAS support | ||||||
| Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based System (64-bit) |
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| Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition for Itanium-based Syste |
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| * Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition |
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| * Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition |
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| * Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition |
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| * Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition |
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| * Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition |
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| * Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition |
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| Windows Vista |
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Get more details about supported releases of Microsoft Windows Vista as well as a list of SAS products that are supported on Vista. |