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Are SSIS packages backwards compatible?

Are SSIS packages backwards compatible?

Backward compatibility is not supported for SSIS Package.When you create your SSIS Package/s make sure you have same version on other machines where you need to deploy your packages later. If you have developed your SSIS Package by using SQL Server 2005. Cache Transformation is not available in SSIS 2005.

How do I run SSIS packages in Ssdt?

Open the Execute Package dialog box

  1. In SQL Server Management Studio, connect to the Integration Services server.
  2. In Object Explorer, expand the tree to display the Integration Services Catalogs node.
  3. Expand the SSISDB node.
  4. Expand the folder that contains the package you want to run.

What version of Visual Studio is compatible with SQL Server 2012?

No, prior to Visual Studio 2015, you had to install a specific version of Visual Studio in order to target a specific version of SQL Server. So, you need to use Visual Studio versions 2012, 2015, or 2017* to target SQL Server 2012. Visual Studio 2013 is only compatible with SQL Server 2014.

Which version of SSDT is compatible with SQL Server 2016?

SSDT Downloads and Compatibility

SSDT Visual Studio SQL Server
16.0.0 2019 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
15.9.1 2017 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
15.9.0 2017 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
15.8.2 2017 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019

Is the SSDT bi template backwards compatible with SQL Server 2012?

Until one day, the template was needed for a new project, with the promised SQL Server 2014 upgrade not yet in sight. Since SSDT-BI 2013 is not backward-compatible with SQL Server 2012, I then had to downgrade the SSIS 2014 project so that people can use it using Visual Studio 2012 and deploy it to SQL Server 2012.

Is the target server backwards compatible with SSIs?

The Target Server Version property introduces backwards compatibility for SSIS project in SSDT 2015. With this new capability, an old sore of SSIS has finally been fixed: you can use only single version of Visual Studio to manage your different SSIS projects.

Is there backwards compatibility with SQL Server data tools?

Historically, there was no backwards compatibility, meaning that with a newer version of SSDT, you couldn’t create SSIS packages for an older version of SSDT. Since the SQL Server 2016 release, SQL Server Data Tools supports backwards compatibility up to SQL Server 2012. This tip explains the new feature.

Can you download SSDT-bi for Visual Studio 2012?

Download SSDT-BI for Visual Studio 2012 (SQL Server 2014, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2008, and 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) is installed via SQL Server Setup. There is no web download. (SQL Server 2008, and 2008 R2)