SAS provides code and no‑code analytics software through multiple access routes, depending on the purpose and approval status of the work.

1. Teaching, Learning & Trial Use (Self‑Service)

For trial use, teaching demonstrations, and student tutorials, SAS software is available via the SAS Skill Builder portal.

Suitable for:

• Trial use by lecturers and researchers
• Classroom demonstrations
• Student tutorials and coursework (5GB data upload limit)

Available software:

• SAS Viya for Learners
  
  A full, cloud‑based analytics platform supporting the entire analytics lifecycle with SAS, Python, and R.
  
  For academic, non‑commercial use only.
• SAS Viya Workbench for Learners
  
  A coding‑first, on‑demand compute environment for building programming, AI, and machine learning skills using SAS, Python, and R.
  
  For academic, non‑commercial use only.

Access requirements:

• University of Cambridge email address (@cam.ac.uk)
• SAS Profile

SAS Skill Builder explainer & access (includes guidance on how to create a SAS profile)

2. Academic and Research Project Use (coming soon)

3. Approved Intensive Research Projects (Maxwell Centre)

Projects hosted through the Maxwell Centre and formally approved can access research‑grade SAS Viya environments as follows:

a) Standard Access — Azure Marketplace

Approved projects are provisioned SAS Viya via the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. The software is deployed into the Department of Physics’ Azure subscription.

The Azure Marketplace listing and order act as the contractual agreement — no separate software contracts are required.

b) Non‑Standard Access — Individually Agreed

Projects requiring bespoke configurations are handled on a case‑by‑case basis with SAS technical and legal teams.

Example use case:

The PITHIA project demonstrates intensive research support via the SAS Advanced Analytics Hub.