9.4m8 — Sas

The most significant updates involve moving away from older, bundled libraries to modern standards:

Many organizations ask: "If M7 works perfectly, why risk an upgrade?"

SAS 9.4 Maintenance Release 8 (M8), released in January 2023, is a security-focused update designed to modernize the platform’s underlying infrastructure and extend its support life SAS Support Core Platform Updates Enhanced Security