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Thank You @SASKiwi  for the kind response. My attempts on understanding has brought home the point that there is an increase in complexity, expectations and burden on SAS Administrators. I see that one needs to have an understanding of Amazon Cloud Services, Kubernetes and OfCourse SAS Viya4.  Each of this is comprehensive entity on its own. There is indeed documentation for administrators (with overwhelming cross references).  The question is where to start and stay in track. SAS Viya 4 has been out for a while. What I was looking for preferably an overview of just enough   skills to acquire to start with (with SAS Viya 4 specifically in mind). Wondering if somebody could share their experience. Lastly looking at the forum I envy the SAS programmers whose questions get prompt answers and solutions. ... View more

Thanks @Madelyn_SAS . I see that data connectors are included in the SAS Access interface on Viya. ... View more

Thanks @JosvanderVelden  Do the SAS Administrators have to carry out these steps OR  SAS partner/SAS do the creation of SAS infrastructure on the AWS cloud? ... View more

Thanks @sbxkoenk  I would appreciate if you can list the other approach for CAS tables. Thanks once again. ... View more

Thank you so much Greg for the information. One more request can you please provide some links/references that may help a beginner get an understanding of SAS Viya 4 and AWS. Thanks once again. ... View more

@CHandberg  Did your issue get resolved? ... View more

I found this definition on Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_replacement ) about drop in replacement "Drop-in replacement is a term used in computer science and other fields. It refers to the ability to replace one hardware or software component with another one without any other code or configuration changes being required and resulting in no negative impacts." While one may be able to do more and possibly better with SAS Viya , continue to use old code with necessary/essential  changes,  in my experience  it is not a drop in replacement. Programmers do have some changes , but for SAS 9.4 Administrators it requires substantial learning and facing challenges. ... View more