Overview of SAS Deployment Manager and SAS Web Administration Console

In addition to SAS Management Console, the following interfaces are provided to help you administer the SAS Intelligence Platform:
  • SAS Deployment Manager, which is a graphical user interface that enables you to do the following:
    • update passwords for the service accounts that were configured when you ran the SAS Deployment Wizard. For details, see Managed Passwords in SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.
    • rebuild Web applications. For details, see Rebuilding the SAS Web Applications in SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.
    • uninstall SAS software from the local machine. For details, see Uninstalling Your SAS Software in SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
    • remove one or more components of a SAS Intelligence Platform configuration from your environment. For details, see Removing a SAS Configuration in SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
    • renew your software license for some SAS solutions that depend on a SAS middle tier. For details, see Updating the SID File in Metadata for SAS Solutions in SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
    • change the host names (including the network domains to which they belong) of server machines in your deployment. For details, see Using the SAS Deployment Manager to Update Host Name References.
    • apply downloaded hot fixes to your SAS software. For details, see the SAS 9.3 Guide to Software Updates.
  • SAS Web Administration Console, which is a Web-based interface that enables you to monitor which users are logged on to SAS Web applications; manage folders and permissions for content in the SAS Content Server; view the current configuration of Web applications; view audit reports of logon and logoff activity; and dynamically adjust logging levels for some Web applications. For details, see Using the SAS Web Administration Console in SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.