The document discusses the differences between SSIS parameters and configurations in SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2012. In SQL 2008 R2, configurations included static configurations stored directly in packages and dynamic configurations stored in external files, databases or system variables. SQL 2012 introduced parameters which are more flexible than configurations and allow project-level values to be passed to packages during deployment to the SSIS catalog. The document provides examples of how configurations worked dynamically in 2008 R2 and how parameters function in 2012 projects.