How to configure SSIS 2012 project to run under different environment configurations?

Question

What would be the best logical way of configuring 2012 SSIS project using the Project Deployment Model?

Consider a scenario of an SSIS Project

Answer 1

From my reading of your question, you have 3 separate servers to deploy to, each with it's own instance of the SSIS Catalog. You do not want a single server to execute for multiple environments. For that scenario, user756519's answer is of little use unfortunately - 10 out of 10 for effort though.

I would ignore the "Environments" setup in SSIS. This is for managing multiple environments on a single SQL Server instance.

Instead I would:

1. set the Environment 1 Project Parameter values in the Visual Studio solution and deploy to Environment 1
2. Deploy to Environment 2
3. Use SSMS to connect to Environment 2, navigate Under Integration Services Catalogs to find your project, right-click it and choose Configure. Edit the parameters as required for Environment 2
4. Deploy to Environment 3
5. Use SSMS to connect to Environment 3, navigate Under Integration Services Catalogs to find your project, right-click it and choose Configure. Edit the parameters as required for Environment 3

You can now continue to develop and deploy your project to each environment. No further maintenance is required, unless you add/delete/rename a Project Parameter. When any package is executed on each Environment/server, it will follow the configuration set via SSMS