SAS SID for Server

Question

I am installing SAS and have a valid license, for Windows Workstation.

I found the following at the link below:

The operating system value in the SAS installation data file (SID file) does not have to match the operating system of the machine that SAS is installed on as long as the SAS client application is part of the order that you are using.

http://support.sas.com/kb/49/003.html

Does this mean there is some way to change the SID file to allow this license to install on Windows Server? If so, how?

Answer 1

You need a server license to install on a server - ask your administrator or SAS Support (be aware that server licenses are much more expensive!)

Answer 2

The page you're linking here is not related to Base SAS but to SAS client applications, when used in a client-server relationship. This would be something like Enterprise Guide; something that itself doesn't do the work, but instead submits code to a server which does.

That page is saying that if (for example) you have a server license for SAS, you don't have to have a desktop license to install Enterprise Guide on a desktop. You would have to have a desktop license to install (base) SAS on a desktop, though.