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).
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.
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