Will SSIS 2012 and SSRS 2012 be able to connect to a sql 2016 database ?

Greg Booth 1,276 Reputation points
2021-08-05T22:27:25.5+00:00

We have a database that is running on a sql 2016 instance, but its still in sql 2008 compatibility level.
We would like to change the compatibility level to SQL 2016.
The database is heavily accessed by packages running from Sql server integration services (SSIS) instance using sql 2012, also an instance of reporting service (SSRS) 2012.

IS there any danger changing the database to 2016 compatibility when we are still using SSIS and SSRS 2012 ?

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  1. Olaf Helper 40,816 Reputation points
    2021-08-06T05:38:37.877+00:00

    IS there any danger changing the database to 2016 compatibility when we are still using SSIS and SSRS 2012 ?

    No, SSIS and SSRS are SQL Server clienst as any other client, like SSMS, SqlCmd or Excel and so on.
    The clients are not really aware of the Server version or database compatibilty level; that should work.

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  1. Qasim Ali 86 Reputation points
    2021-08-05T23:51:31.743+00:00

    Since the SQL Server 2016 release, SQL Server Data Tools supports backwards compatibility up to SQL Server 2012

    https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/4253/backwards-compatibility-in-sql-server-data-tools-for-integration-services/

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