Since this is my first post on The SAS Training Post blog, please allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Kathy and I am an instructor at SAS Headquarters in Cary, NC.   I teach SAS courses in our on-campus training center, at regional training centers, at customer sites and in our Live Web environment.  Maybe you’ve been in one of my classes – if so, it’s great to have the opportunity to “talk” to you again!

People who attend our SAS courses often ask, “Is there a way that I can practice SAS programming after class?” Now, I can say, “Yes.” After attending a SAS course, we give you all the class programs and data files you need to continue practicing what you learned, but you need a SAS environment in order to run them.  A lot of folks get to use SAS at work, but others are not as fortunate.  For those folks, I have good news! Now you can connect to a learning version of SAS!

A new product, SAS on Demand for Professionals: Enterprise Guide, provides a learning tool for those who want to practice what they learned in class, run programs from a SAS book or prepare for SAS Certification.

So, how does it work? Well, you purchase a six or twelve month license, then download the product to your local computer and connect to the analytical power of SAS over the Web. You write the code locally and submit; SAS® Enterprise Guide sends it to a SAS Server in the Cloud for execution; and the results are sent back to your local client. Cool, huh? Not only the Power to Know, but the Power of the Cloud too!

We provide many learning options and a lot of data for you. There is a point-and-click approach where you can select data sources and tasks from menus, as well as an interactive SAS programming environment. Choose the path that’s right for you as Chris Hemedinger pointed out in his recent post in The SAS Dummy blog. The product’s Getting Started Tutorial takes you from the basics thru intermediate and advanced examples.  You will also find SAS data sets, Excel workbooks, CSV files, text files, and more on the server to guide your learning.

The product website contains lots of support information, videos and FAQs.  So check out the website, watch some videos, and let me know what you think. As my former students know, I’d love to hear from you!

Want to see more now? Check out this introductory video.