SAS Certified Platform Upgrade Specialist for SAS 9.4 Practice Exam

The SAS Certified Platform Upgrade Specialist for SAS 9.4 is a professional certification that shows expertise in upgrading and maintaining SAS software to version 9.It shows that a person has the skills to plan, implement, and troubleshoot platform upgrades while ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. CRE certification is ideal for IT professionals, system administrators, and SAS specialists who work with SAS environments and want to keep systems up-to-date and efficient.

Recognized in the IT and analytics industry, CRE certification helps professionals stand out when managing SAS platforms. By earning this credential, individuals demonstrate their ability to handle upgrades smoothly, resolve technical issues, and optimize system performance. Organizations benefit from certified specialists as they ensure a reliable, secure, and efficient SAS environment, supporting analytics, reporting, and business intelligence operations.

Who should take the Exam?

This exam is ideal for:

• SAS Platform Administrators
• SAS System Engineers
• SAS Technical Consultants
• SAS Support Engineers
• SAS Solutions Architects

Skills Required

• Hands-on experience with SAS 9.4 platform upgrades
• Knowledge of SAS Migration Utility and its components
• Understanding of SAS architecture and third-party integrations
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve upgrade-related issues

Knowledge Gained

• Planning and executing SAS 9.4 upgrades
• Managing SAS environment components during upgrades
• Utilizing the SAS Migration Utility effectively
• Validating and customizing upgraded environments
• Addressing issues related to third-party components and configurations

Course Outline

The SAS Certified Platform Upgrade Specialist for SAS 9.4 Exam covers the following topics - 

Domain 1- Upgrade Concepts

• Interpret various upgrade approaches
• Interpret current SAS environment components in an existing installation
• Interpret the options available for dealing with multi-level SAS deployments
• Prepare user accounts and understand and describe the functions of the default user accounts
• Interpret the differences between upgrade approaches
• Interpret and apply the SAS Migration Utility minimum system requirements
• Interpret the SAS Migration Utility properties and configuration files
• Interpret the Migration Analysis Report
• Interpreting the baselines for upgrading to SAS 9.4
• Interpret the proper backup/restore routine(s) for the existing SAS environment
• Interpret the SAS planning kit and contents

Domain 2- Architecture Concepts

• Identify architectural changes between the source environment and the SAS 9.4 environment
• Identify functional changes between the source environment and the SAS 9.4 environment

Domain 3- Upgrade Process and Model

• Plan for an upgrade implementation (automated, manual, update-in-place)
• Prepare infrastructures source and target environment(s) for an upgrade implementation
• Perform an upgrade
• Validate an upgrade
• Customize an upgraded environment
• Rollout deployment after an upgrade

Domain 4- Third-Party Components

• Interpret current Third-Party components and configurations with an existing deployment
• Interpret required third party components and configurations for SAS 9.4
• Interpret required accounts for Third Party migration

Domain 5- Troubleshooting

• Interpret operating system messages to determine root cause of errors.
• Interpret SAS application messages to determine root cause of errors.