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   Software News & Content Updates  
  • The second maintenance for SAS 9.2 is now available. Read more about SAS 9.2 (TS2M2).
  • SAS 9.2 overview content has been updated with the latest release information.
  • The most current release of SAS software is SAS 9.2. For information about product and system release numbers, read SAS 9.2 Provides New Product-Specific Release Numbers.
  • SAS Product pages is a resource that offers a one-stop shop for documentation, samples, training and news about a specific product. This information span the two most recent releases of SAS software. To access the product-specific information, locate your product in the A-Z listing and explore what support.sas.com has to offer.
  • The Hot Fix site has been updated for SAS 9.2 TS2MO and later. To find out more about the changes, read Important Changes to Hot Fixes.

SAS® 9.2: Key Highlights

SAS 9.2 was released to customers in two phases. The first phase, released in March 2008, included Base SAS and products such as SAS/ACCESS, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/STAT, SAS/Genetics, SAS/ETS, SAS/IML, SAS/QC, and SAS/OR. The second phase was released in February 2009. This phase included SAS Business Intelligence and SAS Data Integration software, SAS server and middle-tier components, and updates for the software released in the first phase. Additional products and solutions that use the SAS server and middle-tier components are being released on an ongoing basis.

For more details, continue reading SAS 9.2 Software. If you are not ready to dive into the details just yet, you can find more high-level information in the SAS 9.2 Fact Sheet (PDF).

Why Upgrade to SAS 9.2?

By upgrading to SAS 9.2, you will be able to take advantage of the large number of new features and performance improvements that are included in this release. In addition, you will be able to take advantage of future enhancements, maintenance updates, and new SAS products and solutions that run with the updated software. Upgrading will also keep your SAS software compatible with operating systems and other third-party software products as they are upgraded.

If your current configuration includes a SAS Metadata Server, tools are provided to migrate your metadata from SAS 9.1.3 to SAS 9.2. See Moving Metadata and Other Content to SAS 9.2.

Interested in SAS 9.2?

If you are interested in SAS 9.2, contact your SAS account executive. If you need help identifying your account executive but would like to start the request process now, you can call SAS directly at 1-800-727-0025, option 2, or you can chat with a SAS representative.