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title: Backward Compatibility
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ms.date: "03/01/2017"
ms.prod: sql
ms.prod_service: "mds"
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ms.technology: master-data-services
ms.topic: conceptual
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# Backward Compatibility (Master Data Services)

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  This section describes changes between versions of [!INCLUDE[ssMDSshort](../includes/ssmdsshort-md.md)]. It covers features that are no longer available or are scheduled to be removed in a future release. It also describes changes to the product that are known to break, or to change the behavior of, an existing application that includes Integration Services functionality.  
  
## In This Section  
  
-   [Deprecated Master Data Services Features](../master-data-services/deprecated-master-data-services-features.md)  
  
-   [Discontinued Master Data Services Features](../master-data-services/discontinued-master-data-services-features.md)