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Licensing SAS for Windows in Citrix environment

CiaranH — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 12:56:17 GMT

Hi,

We currently use SAS for Windows for Windows (SAS 9.2 TS Level 2M3, W32_VSPRO platform) and for a variety of reasons are thinking of moving to a Citrix environment.

From a licesing perspective only, what are the implications?

I need to understand this before going any further.

Regards,

Ciarán

Re: Licensing SAS for Windows in Citrix environment

LinusH — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:09:09 GMT

Licensing issues are best dealt with your SAS sales representative.

Re: Licensing SAS for Windows in Citrix environment

CiaranH — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:13:28 GMT

Hi,

I'm just looking to understand the principles behind how licesing works in citrix rather than costs at this stage so don't want to speak with a sale rep.

Do you know in principle how licensing would work?

Regards,

Ciarán

Re: Licensing SAS for Windows in Citrix environment

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:20:04 GMT

The ONLY one who can give you reliable information about your licensing is your SAS account manager. Really.

I have the inkling that the number of different agreement types is not that far below the total number of licensed SAS customers, once you get into the details.

With server-based SAS, it is usually the computing power (# of cores) that determines the license cost. How that plays out in a virtualized environment, you need to ask SAS.

Re: Licensing SAS for Windows in Citrix environment

LinusH — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 13:34:58 GMT

My general knowledge is that SAS pricing is physical platform agnostic. The sizing of the Citrix server will affect the cost like a similar physical server do. And same goes for clients (if you have any that costs extra). Citrix is just a way of making the same application available to your users.

That said, each customer can negotiate directly, the sales process is generally not transparent.