I look forward to SAS Global Forum each year and this past conference ranked up that as one of the best I've ever attended. This year there were so many wonderful presentations, Super Demos and workshops on the topic of administration of SAS and the underlying hardware infrastructure needed for SAS applications. Below you'll find a list of the top 15 presentations based on attendance. To review any of the papers listed below, please go to http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings16/index.html.

We hope you find these papers useful.

10360 - Nine Frequently Asked Questions about Getting Started with SAS® Visual Analytics
2440 - Change Management: The Secret to a Successful SAS® Implementation
8220 - Optimizing SAS® on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7
SAS6840 - Reeling Them Back In Keeping SAS® Visual Analytics Users Happy, Behind the Scenes
SAS2820 - Helpful Hints for Transitioning to SAS® 9.4
SAS6761 - Best Practices for Configuring Your I/O Subsystem for SAS®9 Applications
10861 - Best Practices in Connecting External Databases to SAS®
SAS6280 - Hands-On Workshop: SAS® Environment Manager
SAS5680 - Advanced Topics in SAS® Environment Manager
9680 - SAS Big Brother
SAS4240 - Creating a Strong Business Case for SAS® Grid Manager: Translating Grid Computing Benefits to Business Benefits
10962 - SAS® Metadata Security 201: Security Basics for a New SAS Administrator
8860 - SAS® Metadata Security 101: A Primer for SAS Administrators and Users Not Familiar with SAS
9920 - UCF SAS® Visual Analytics: Implementation, Usage, and Performance
11202 - Let the Schedule Manager Take Care of Scheduling Jobs in SAS® Management Console 9.4

Note: It's hard to believe, but we're already thinking about topics to present at SAS Global Forum 2017. If you have suggestions for SAS Administration paper topics you'd like to see at next year's conference, please share your thoughts in the comments below or contact me directly.