Looking at this page https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc879336.aspx (Upgrade Integration Services), I note the following:
Support for migrating or running Data Transformation Services (DTS) packages has been discontinued in in the current release of SQL ServerIntegration Services. The following DTS functionality has been discontinued.- DTS runtime
- DTS API
- (etc)
However, looking at this page https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfff5b25-cfe1-449b-8e07-38cd511ac307 (Integration Services Backward Compatibility), i see it clearly stated that there are no discontinued features in SSIS 2016.
So now I am confused: Is the DTS runtime and api supported or not? I am in charge of an application using the DTS api to dynamically build and execute SSIS packages. Will I be able to upgrade to SSIS 2016 without causing problems for this application? I realize that I may have to update some component ids here and there.
An additional question: Is there a way to install SSIS 2016 alone on a Windows 7 x64 machine? The Sql Server 2016 setup balks if not on at least Windows Server 2012.