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# Backward Compatibility
  The following sections contain backward compatibility information for [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] components. This content includes information about deprecated features, discontinued features, breaking changes, and behavior changes.  
  
## In This Section  
  
|Topic|Description|  
|-----------|-----------------|  
|[SQL Server Backward Compatibility](../../2014/getting-started/sql-server-backward-compatibility.md)|Contains topics that describe changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your applications. Features that are included in this topic area include data programmability, surface area configuration tools, Setup, [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] services, and other broad functionality changes.|  
|[SQL Server Database Engine Backward Compatibility](../database-engine/sql-server-database-engine-backward-compatibility.md)|Contains topics that describe [!INCLUDE[ssDE](../includes/ssde-md.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your applications.|  
|[Analysis Services Backward Compatibility](../../2014/analysis-services/analysis-services-backward-compatibility.md)|Contains topics that describe [!INCLUDE[ssASnoversion](../includes/ssasnoversion-md.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your applications.|  
|[Integration Services Backward Compatibility](../integration-services/integration-services-backward-compatibility.md)|Describes [!INCLUDE[ssISnoversion](../includes/ssisnoversion-md.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your existing Data Transformation Services applications.|  
|[Reporting Services Backward Compatibility](../reporting-services/reporting-services-backward-compatibility.md)|Contains topics that describe [!INCLUDE[ssRS](../includes/ssrs.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your existing [!INCLUDE[ssRSnoversion](../includes/ssrsnoversion-md.md)] solutions.|  
|[Backward Compatibility (Master Data Services)](../master-data-services/backward-compatibility-master-data-services.md)|Contains topics that describe [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to your existing [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)] solutions.|  
|[Replication Backward Compatibility](../../2014/relational-databases/replication/replication-backward-compatibility.md)|Contains topics that describe [!INCLUDE[ssDE](../includes/ssde-md.md)] changes in [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] that might require you to make changes to existing Replication solutions.|  
  
## See Also  
 [Install SQL Server 2014](../database-engine/install-windows/install-sql-server.md)   
 [Upgrade to SQL Server 2014](../database-engine/install-windows/upgrade-sql-server.md)