[Edited to include on-demand link and slides]   If you missed our recent event, or wish to watch parts of it again, the on-demand link is now live.   We are busy planning our next virtual event! SUGA Live 2022 will be held on Thursday, May 19 from noon to 4:00pm ET. There will be presentations on SAS Viya migration, SAS on Azure, and how to find security information from SAS. Plus, we'll have a master class on bulk migration of SAS 9 artifacts in to SAS Viya. You don't want to miss it!  The registration page should be live in a couple of weeks. I hope to see you there!      ... View more

My colleague @Rick_SAS recently wrote a blog post about a SAS programmer asking how to discover which products were available on his version of Viya. Rick's post discusses a new Viya-specific way to get that information.   I encourage you all to read the post and weigh in if you're inclined, because as Rick puts it, "Since I am not an expert in SAS Administration, I invite comments from those who are more knowledgeable than I am." ... View more

Thanks to @MichelleHomes for pointing out two virtual events this week:   Spanish speaking SAS 9.4 administrators may wish to register for a SAS 9.4 administration virtual event with Carlos Hernández on January 26. Learn to administer, monitor, and manage SAS resources, including servers and services in SAS 9.4. Review from setting up and maintaining a SAS platform in a metadata server environment will save you time, money, and frustration. Hear tips on best practices and troubleshooting to show you simple ways to optimize your SAS environment and make your work more manageable. Register for the live or on demand version.      German speaking SAS administrators and architects may be in interested in the SAS Platform Network meeting on January 27.   You can look forward to these topics at the digital meeting: SAS Studio as SAS development environment for data management SAS Analytics Pro on SAS Viya as a local developer workstation Possible uses for the SAS Visual Table Editor Automate authorization assignment under SAS Viya Field report from an on-premise deployment for SAS Viya 4 SAS workload management under SAS Viya SAS roadmap and latest news   Register for the live or on demand version.  ... View more

The breakout rooms during SUGA Live 2021 were filled with thoughtful and engaging discussions. If you're like me, and wished you could be in two places at one time, have no fear. Our room hosts did a great job of summarizing the conversations in their rooms:   ... View more

This presentation by Susan Owenby had everyone talking. Here is the recording and slides for you to review.   ... View more