Disable access to SAS® Visual Analytics sample server (tbub.sas.com) in SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office


Beginning in SAS Add-In 8.1 for Microsoft Office, the configuration option ConnectToSampleServer is available to stop the SAS Add-In from connecting to the SAS Visual Analytics sample server, tbub.sas.com. For SAS Add-In installations on computers without Internet access, attempting to connect to tbub.sas.com can delay SAS Add-In initialization. 

To use this option, edit the SAS.OfficeAddIn.dll.config file using a plain text editor. This file is located in the SAS Add-In for Microsoft Office installation directory. Add the ConnectToSampleServer key, making sure to match the casing exactly. For the value attribute, enter false within double quotation marks.

Here is an example:

<configuration>
  <assemblySettings>
    <add key="ConnectToSampleServer" value="false"/>
  </assemblySettings>
</configuration>