March 2008 All SAS products, beginning with SAS 9.1.3, are supported in a hardware virtualization environment, for example VMware, provided that the appropriate guidelines are understood. For more information, read the guidelines.

February 2007 SAS is adding Third Party product support to the mid-tier (also referred to as the web-tier) of SAS Enterprise BI Server and SAS BI Server deployments to include BEA WebLogic Application Server 8.1 SP4 with Solaris 10 on SPARC. Note that this new level of Third Party product support does not apply to SAS solutions.

This new level of Third Party product support allows SAS Enterprise BI Server or SAS BI Server implementations to be available on BEA WebLogic with Solaris 10 on SPARC for a homogenous deployment at both the server and mid-tier. Solaris 10 on SPARC is now a fully supported server and mid-tier platform for SAS Enterprise BI Server and SAS BI Server.

August 2006 This name change is effective August 2006. Until this transition is complete, you may continue to see documentation on the Web site that uses the previous name.

March 2006 The following product names have changed. Until this transition is complete, you may continue to see documentation on the Web site that uses the previous names.

• SAS Enterprise ETL Server is now SAS Enterprise Data Integration Server.
• SAS ETL Server is now SAS Data Integration Server.
• SAS ETL Studio (a component of the above bundles) is now SAS Data Integration Studio. Note: SAS Data Integration Studio 3.3 has the same functionality as SAS ETL Studio 3.3

March 2008 The following products have been retired. Support for these products stands at Level B.

Product	Suggested Migration Path
SAS/ACCESS to Baan	Native SAS/ACCESS Engine for Specific Underlying Database (e.g. Oracle, DB2, etc.)
SAS/ACCESS to PeopleSoft	SAS Data Surveyor for PeopleSoft
SAS/ACCESS to SAP BW	SAS Data Surveyor for SAP
SAS/SPECTRAVIEW	SAS Visual Data Discovery
SAS Enterprise Reporter	Enterprise BI Server or BI Server

March 2008 Level B support is effective beginning January 1, 2008 until December 31, 2009.

March 2005 The SAS/C and SAS/C++ compiler and runtime components are reclassified as SAS Retired products for z/OS, VM/ESA and cross-compiler platforms. SAS has no plans to develop or deliver a new release of the SAS/C product.

February 2007 In conjunction with Microsoft's general availability of Windows Vista Operating System, SAS will be adding support for this operating system for the first time with release of SAS 9.2. SAS will support the three Windows Vista editions (both 32-bit and x64 bit versions) that are targeted at the business market.

October 2006 SAS 9.2 will not be provided on any of the following operating systems.

• Microsoft Windows NT 4
• Tru64 UNIX
• Open VMS Alpha
• Linux for Itanium-based Systems

August 2006 SAS continues to provide technical support for VSE at Level C support, which means:

• Free support is available by phone, e-mail or Web interface.
• Our Technical Support staff investigates reported problems on a limited basis, and provides circumventions where possible, and fixes where already available.
• No new zaps, patches, or source level maintenance (executable modules, or "hot fixes") will be developed or distributed.
• Problem alert notifications are no longer be distributed.

May 2007 SAS provides technical support for SAS 8.2 on CMS at Level A. Effective December 31, 2007, we will move to Level C support for SAS on CMS.

SAS will no longer automatically include LSF Scheduler in SAS/Warehouse Administrator product version 9.1.3 effective with the customer's license renewal period that begins in 2008. For example, if a SAS/Warehouse Administrator product expires March 31, 2008, the renewal authorization codes issued for the April 1, 2008, through March 31, 2009, period will no longer include instructions to activate the LSF Scheduler product.

Customers may contact Platform Computing directly to determine what alternatives are available to them should they wish to continue use of that product.