SAS Viya for Learners is our free software offering for teaching and learning. Whether you're familiar with all that it offers – or brand new to the software – there's lots to get excited about, especially with our newest version.
Consider this library article a brief overview – and know that we’ll follow up with a BUNCH of other enablement articles in SAS Communities.
In no particular order, let’s go through the existing features and enhancements by the SAS Viya products known and loved by our academic friends:
SAS Visual Analytics
SAS Studio
SAS Model Studio
Jupyter Notebooks
That’s a whole lot of reasons to get excited about VFL4!
Get started today by registering or logging in with a SAS Profile that uses an academic email address. If you already have an active SAS Viya for Learners account, we’ve made it easy by activating the new version for you. You will see a link to it after you log in.
Other important fine print:
And here are some resources to get you started today:
SAS Visual Analytics
SAS Studio
SAS Model Studio
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