https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297028#M104 <P>Hello, Congratulations on your recent achievement!&nbsp; The answer to your question can be found in our FAQs on the certification web site at:&nbsp; <A href="http://support.sas.com/certify/faq.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/certify/</A>&nbsp;&nbsp; for your future reference.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Here is the answer to your question:&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3>Retired Exam Status</H3> <DIV class="indentlg"> <DIV class="hd4">Q: <A href="http://support.sas.com/certify/faq.html" target="_blank"> Do SAS Global Certification program credentials expire?</A></DIV> <DIV class="hidden" id="q18a" style="display: block;"><STRONG>A:</STRONG> The SAS Global Certification Program now issues versioned credentials that do not expire. For example, if you earn the SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 credential, you will retain this credential and it will not expire. Please note: Some exams may retire as new software is developed and/or enhanced. <BR /><BR /> In previously released exams, there were some non-versioned SAS credentials that had a 3-year expiration date. We no longer offer non-versioned credentials. All SAS credentials that were non-versioned have expired. These include <UL> <LI>SAS Certified Base Programmer</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Advanced Programmer</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Warehouse Development Specialist</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Warehouse Architect</LI> <LI>SAS Certified webAF Developer: Server-side.</LI> </UL> Retired exams include <UL> <LI>SAS Certified Developer V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner 5</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Data Management V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Application Development V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Business Intelligence V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional V8</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Developer V8.</LI> </UL> These credentials are still valid for the specified version.</DIV> </DIV> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:07:06 GMT beccagre 2016-09-07T17:07:06Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297023#M103 <P>I'm proud to say I've passed my first SAS certificaion exam. For how long is the certification valid?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>If I now have my SAS Base certification for SAS 9, will it be less valuable when SAS 10 is released sometime in the future? Is there a comprehensive list somewhere of all the possible certifications&nbsp;(including historical) and whether or not they are still valid?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>(current certifications are listed <A href="http://support.sas.com/certify/creds/index.html" target="_self">here</A>)</P> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:54:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297023#M103 paulkaefer 2016-09-07T16:54:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297028#M104 <P>Hello, Congratulations on your recent achievement!&nbsp; The answer to your question can be found in our FAQs on the certification web site at:&nbsp; <A href="http://support.sas.com/certify/faq.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/certify/</A>&nbsp;&nbsp; for your future reference.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Here is the answer to your question:&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H3>Retired Exam Status</H3> <DIV class="indentlg"> <DIV class="hd4">Q: <A href="http://support.sas.com/certify/faq.html" target="_blank"> Do SAS Global Certification program credentials expire?</A></DIV> <DIV class="hidden" id="q18a" style="display: block;"><STRONG>A:</STRONG> The SAS Global Certification Program now issues versioned credentials that do not expire. For example, if you earn the SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 credential, you will retain this credential and it will not expire. Please note: Some exams may retire as new software is developed and/or enhanced. <BR /><BR /> In previously released exams, there were some non-versioned SAS credentials that had a 3-year expiration date. We no longer offer non-versioned credentials. All SAS credentials that were non-versioned have expired. These include <UL> <LI>SAS Certified Base Programmer</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Advanced Programmer</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Warehouse Development Specialist</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Warehouse Architect</LI> <LI>SAS Certified webAF Developer: Server-side.</LI> </UL> Retired exams include <UL> <LI>SAS Certified Developer V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner 5</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner 5.2</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Data Management V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Application Development V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional - Business Intelligence V6</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Professional V8</LI> <LI>SAS Certified Developer V8.</LI> </UL> These credentials are still valid for the specified version.</DIV> </DIV> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:07:06 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297028#M104 beccagre 2016-09-07T17:07:06Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297031#M105 <P>As long as you have a serious reply, here's my not-so-serious version:&nbsp; For as long as you can remember the answers.</P> Wed, 07 Sep 2016 17:12:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Certification/For-how-long-is-SAS-certification-valid/m-p/297031#M105 Astounding 2016-09-07T17:12:13Z