In reply to Unni Nair.

Unni,

You have 3 options.

First, it might be that your machine supports virtualization, but simply does not yet have that capability enabled in the BIOS. There are instructions for checking this and enabling it here.

Second, you could sign up for SAS OnDemand for Academics. It's a free offering that is hosted by SAS for learning purposes. It does not require that you install anything, but you do need Internet connectivity in order to use it. You cannot use it "offline" the way that you can use SAS University Edition.

And finally, you could try the new SAS University Edition in AWS Marketplace. This offering can run in the free tier of AWS, and of course the SAS software is free too. Again, it requires Internet connectivity and an AWS Marketplace account, but there is nothing that you need to install locally.