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Analysis Services Backward Compatibility | Microsoft Docs

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installing Analysis Services, backward compatibility

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Analysis Services, backward compatibility

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SQL Server Analysis Services, backward compatibility

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Analysis Services Backward Compatibility

The topics in this section describe the changes in behavior between versions of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] [!INCLUDEssASnoversion].

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Topics	Description
Deprecated Analysis Services Features in SQL Server 2014	Describes features that have been retained in the current version to maintain backward compatibility, but which will be removed in a future version of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
Discontinued Analysis Services Functionality in SQL Server 2014	Describes features that existed in earlier versions of [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] but that have since been removed in later versions.
Breaking Changes to Analysis Services Features in SQL Server 2014	Describes code changes introduced in this release of [!INCLUDEssASnoversion] that could potentially break a model or custom applications or script created in previous versions of the software .
Behavior Changes to Analysis Services Features in SQL Server 2014	Describes existing features that have different behaviors in this release of [!INCLUDEssASnoversion]. Common examples include changing a default to a new or different value, disallowing a previously allowable operation or configuration, or a introducing a requirement to manually revise or replace a setting or configuration that is lost during upgrade. .