Just a friendly reminder that SAS experts will be on hand to answer your admin-related questions in near real-time. Just post your question here in the community, between 2:00-3:00pm ET, and watch the answers come in. For more details, visit my original post: https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Admin-Coaches-Corner-set-for-March-8-2-00-3-00pm-ET/m-p/334395   "See" you soon! ... View more

SAS Global Forum is right around the corner. Thousands of SAS users will gather at Walt Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL April 2-5. Will you be one of them?   The presentations are set and admins will have their pick of fantastic content. Just a few examples include:   SAS Viya: What it Means for SAS Administration The Top 10 SAS Studio Tips for SAS Grid Manager Administrators Best Practices in Connecting External Databases to SAS SAS Metadata Security 301: Auditing your SAS Environment Kerberos Cross-Realm Authentication: Unraveling the Mysteries Migrating Large, Complex SAS Environments: In-Place versus New Build Twelve Cluster Technologies Available in SAS 9.4   And there are MANY more topics.   To find a list of admin presentations, simply visit the Session Catalog, filtered here by Administration topics.   Join the online community You can get in on the excitement of SAS Global Forum now. Join the SAS Global Forum 2017 online community. Here you can connect with other attendees, as well as SAS folks. And it’s not all tech speak here. Want to share a cab with someone? Post the question. Wondering about good restaurants? Ask away. Looking for some cool swag to take home? We’ve got you covered! ... View more

Do you have a burning administration or deployment question? Need help figuring out what that error message means? Have an installation conundrum? Have a metadata, server or directory question you would ask at SAS Global Forum, if only you were attending? Well, now is your time!   SAS employees from R&D, product management, technical support and customer loyalty will be on hand to answer your questions in near real-time. Just sign in to communities.sas.com, head to the Administration community and post your question. We will be standing by to provide helpful advice, ask follow on questions, or direct you to the appropriate resources.   Remember: it’s one hour only, 2:00-3:00pm ET on March 8, for the near real-time response; but, as you know there’s always someone here to help.   We’ll see you then! ... View more

To stay competitive in the current business climate, with greater agility and innovation, organizations need to get smarter. Smarter decision-making through the use of business intelligence solutions, particularly analytics, is providing a competitive advantage to leading-edge organizations of all sizes and industries. In today's environment of data abundance and frequent data overload, the ability to discover unique insight enables organizations to improve decision making, resulting in the ability to take advantage of opportunities, minimize risks, and control costs.    Considering these changes, it is imperative to maintain and also continuously enhance existing environments to enable newer capabilities, improve performance and reduce operational risks by being on the latest version.   To enable you to derive more benefit from your existing SAS investment, SAS is focused on working with you jointly on key initiatives to modernize your existing SAS assets.   The modernization initiatives will involve a series of webinars on the following:   Webinar Session 1: Key Platform Capabilities in latest version of SAS Date & Time: 17th Feb 2017 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.   Webinar Session 2: Roadmap covering the tactical & strategic approach Date & Time: 2nd March 2017 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.   Webinar Session 3: Recommendation on points to be considered for Migration Date & Time: 16th March 2017 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m   Armed with this output and also subsequent involvement from SAS, your organization will be able to make an informed decision on how best to deliver new capabilities that enable smarter decision-making.   We look forward to your participation to exploit these sessions to enable and strengthen your SAS environment and to take these initiatives forward.   Register now for this exciting series. ... View more

As we start 2017, we say a huge, tremendous “thank you” to our Super Users. Our last group’s term is coming to a close and we have to give them a round of applause.     Have you seen their community stats? They are outstanding! No doubt many of you reading this article have been helped by one or more of these folks:  DarthPathos data_null__ KSharp KurtBremser SASKiwi SteveDenham     And we as a communities team have been helped, also. These folks, and the inaugural batch of Super Users, keep the community running while we sleep! And, luckily, they aren’t going anywhere. You’ll still see these community members hard at work.   New Super Users coming onboard   Today we induct 6 new, hard-working community members into the Super User program. They are:   @Jagadishkatam @JuanS_OCS @MichelleHomes @mkeintz @Shmuel @Tom    Super Users exemplify the best aspects of the SAS community: they are helpful, knowledgeable, and trustworthy. And we are honored to work with this group over the next 6 months and beyond. Be on the lookout for their contributions…you won’t be disappointed.   Could you be our next Super User? Read this article to find out more about the program.   And please join us in welcoming these six to the Super User program! ... View more