This document has been updated to reflect the requirements to deploy this SAS software along with SAS 9.4M9 (TS1M9), which was generally available in 2025.
SAS Deployment Wizard is the deployment tool that is used for the installation of SAS Scalable Performance Data Server software. SAS Scalable Performance Data Client software is included with Base SAS.
To support strong encryption, SAS strongly recommends deploying Base SAS on the same machine or partition as SAS Scalable Performance Data Server.
For more information about SAS Scalable Performance Data Server, visit the SAS Scalable Performance Data Server product page.
To keep pace with changes to third-party technologies, SAS has adopted a general policy of supporting one or more baseline major versions and subsequent minor updates for each officially supported operating system. As part of this policy, SAS strongly encourages customers to install the latest operating-system service packs. Only the supported baseline major versions are listed in this document.
The full SAS Support policy governing third-party software can be found at SAS Third-Party Software Requirements - Baseline and Later Support.
Third-party anti-virus, anti-spyware, endpoint-protection, and system-monitoring software can interfere with SAS applications and can block files. For more information about the official guidance from SAS Technical Support, see the Anti-Virus section of the SAS Foundation System Requirements document that corresponds to the operating system where you are deploying SAS.
The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server can be installed with a SAS installation, or stand-alone in its own home (and on a different machine than the clients).
Base SAS is not included. It is required for installation of Client Tier software, but not for the installation of SAS Scalable Performance Data Server.
SAS Scalable Performance Data Client software is included with Base SAS.
SAS Management Console is included with Base SAS.
SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in for SAS Management Console is included with Base SAS. This plug-in is required for client access to SAS Scalable Performance Data Server using the SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in.
The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in comes with SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Plug-in for SAS Management Console, which is a Java application. It does not have to be installed on the same machine as SAS Scalable Performance Data Server.
The SAS Scalable Performance Data Server Libname engine is included with SAS Foundation.
Important: Although newer SAS Scalable Performance Data Server clients can communicate with older SAS Scalable Performance Data Servers, older clients cannot communicate with newer SAS Scalable Performance Data Servers.
SAS Scalable Performance Data Server tables that were created with any 5.x version of SAS Scalable Performance Data Server are accessible across all 5.x versions of the software.
For a list of web browsers that are supported for the user interfaces, refer to the SAS 9.4 Support for Web Browsers page.
SAS software may be provided with certain third-party software, including but not limited to open-source software, which is licensed under its applicable third-party software license agreement. For license information about third-party software distributed with SAS software, refer to http://support.sas.com/thirdpartylicenses.