You administer a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 server that has SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) installed. You plan to deploy new SSIS packages to the server. The SSIS packages use the Project…

SSIS configuration files (.dtsconfig or XML) are associated with the older Package Deployment Model, not the Project Deployment Model, and do not support Integration Services environment variables.

Creating an Integration Services catalog provisions the SSISDB database on the SQL Server instance, which is the mandatory server-side infrastructure for the Project Deployment Model. Without SSISDB, projects using parameters and environment variable references cannot be deployed or executed on the server. The catalog also provides the stored procedures and views used to manage environments, configure parameter mappings, and monitor executions.

Data Quality Services is a separate SQL Server component for data cleansing and matching and has no role in deploying or executing SSIS packages.

Master Data Services provides master data management capabilities and is entirely unrelated to SSIS package deployment infrastructure.