SAS Federation Server

SAS Federation Server is ranked #10 of 22 in data virtualization software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows.

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SAS Federation Server Not published No public price listed; contact SAS for pricing support.sas.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on data virtualization software

Self-hosted: Yes
SQL querying: Yes
Query result cache: Yes
Row-level security: Yes
API access: Yes
Scheduled queries: Yes

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SAS Federation Server

Purpose: SAS Federation Server provides scalable, multi-user data access and integrates data from multiple data services.
Virtualization: It creates a virtualized data layer that unifies disparate sources into a federated view.
Database connections: The product page lists DB2, Oracle, SAP, SQL Server, Teradata and Greenplum as supported relational databases.
Querying and performance: The course describes database pushdown, connection pooling, privilege access caching and in-memory data caching for improving data access performance.
Security: The course describes centralized role-based access, data masking and encryption of personally identifiable information.
Data quality: Federated views can apply data quality functions such as standardization and parsing.
SAS integration: The course says users can create and share SAS metadata with other SAS solutions.
REST API: The support page lists a SAS Federation Server 4.6 Data REST API reference.
Current release: The support page identifies SAS Federation Server 4.6 and SAS Federation Server Manager 4.6 as the most recent releases.
Supported environments: The 4.6 system requirements list Oracle Linux 8.10 and 9.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 and 9.1, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 for the server tier.
Support: The support page offers a knowledge base, SAS user community and technical support through its support track system.
Audience: SAS describes the intended audience as IT administrators, technical users and business users who need to address security, performance and data-access issues.
Founded: 1976
Headquarters: Cary, North Carolina, USA

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Data Virtualization Software in 2026#10 of 22
Best Data Federation Software in 2026#5 of 20

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support.sas.com/en/software/federation-server-support.h· checked 29 Sept 2026
learn.sas.com/course/view.php· checked 29 Sept 2026
support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/en/ikdffeds· checked 29 Sept 2026
support.sas.com/en/software/merchandise-planning-suppor· checked 28 Sept 2026