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epower
Quartz | Level 8

Any update on M8....  We really need to get this soon. 

Anyone else keep watching to see if they release it?

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MargaretC
SAS Employee

Update: SAS 9.4M8 has been released (31-Jan-2023).

 

I just wanted to let you all know that the release date for SAS 9.4M8 has moved from November 2022 to the end of January 2023 (2023w05).  

 

The current plan is for it to ship the end of November 2022.   If this date slips, we will reply to this message 

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Morse_Bill
Obsidian | Level 7

I'm not holding my breath.  November ?

MargaretC
SAS Employee

Update: SAS 9.4M8 has been released (31-Jan-2023).

 

I just wanted to let you all know that the release date for SAS 9.4M8 has moved from November 2022 to the end of January 2023 (2023w05).  

 

The current plan is for it to ship the end of November 2022.   If this date slips, we will reply to this message 

Quentin
Super User

Hooray, thanks!

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PierreDupuisD
Fluorite | Level 6

Thanks Margaret!  I am wondering if the end date of the Standard Support will change when M8 will be release? i.e. now the end date is January 1st, 2025

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MargaretC
SAS Employee

Please review the information about base SAS on this web site for details regarding support for maintenance releases of SAS 9.4.  Support Levels by Product | SAS Support  

 

Support level for 9.4_M8 will be at least 5 years after it ships.  

 

Great conversation.  Keep the questions coming.

kjohnsonm
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10
I logged in to double check however that above link is coming back as 'bad' at least for me.
https://support.sas.com/en/technical-support/support-levels.html -KJ
MargaretC
SAS Employee

Here are the dates for base SAS:

MichaelBonanomi
Obsidian | Level 7

 That link works fine for me.

Quentin
Super User

@PierreDupuisD wrote:

Thanks Margaret!  I am wondering if the end date of the Standard Support will change when M8 will be release? i.e. now the end date is January 1st, 2025

PierreDupuisD_0-1665679492318.png

 


Please see related thread here:

https://communities.sas.com/t5/All-Things-Community/SAS-9-4-end-of-life-date-on-premise/m-p/564086

 

At the end, Chris Hemedinger confirms that, as per SAS support policy, 9.4M8 will have 5 years of standard support.  Note you can see from Margaret's post that 9.4M7 also has 5 years of standard support, thus its end of standard support is September 2025. So basically, every Maintenance release gets 5 years of standard support.  There is no 'end of life date', or even 'end of standard support date' for 9.4. : )

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MargaretC
SAS Employee

Good morning, everyone.  I just wanted to let you all know that the release date for SAS 9.4M8 has moved from November 2022 to the end of January 2023 (2023w05).  

Quentin
Super User

Thanks for the update @MargaretC .

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shoin
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

Thank you, any update when the doc for M8 would be available?

 

-S

Al_CUA
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you very much for that update. Just to double check, is that for just Base or is it for the Platform produces, such as DI, EBI, VA, etc? I recall the timelines used to be staggered, depending on the Products. 

MargaretC
SAS Employee

This is for all the products you have listed.  

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