>The SQL Server Books On Line topic "Running Packages" discusses different ways to run an SQL Server Integration Services package. (See also: Designing and Creating Integration Services Packages")
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>The major options (in no particular order) are: 1) run it in the Business Intelligence Development Studio, 2) use the utility DTExec or DTExecUI, or 3) create a SQL Server Agent job that executes the package.
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>If you saved the package to disk, you can open, modify, and run it with the Business Intelligence Development Studio. Use the dtutil utility to copy a package saved to a database to the file system.
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>BIDS is installed with SQL Server 2005, except for the Express edition.

Yes, I have it installed. I just don't understand why we can create the package in the Management Studio interface but have to go in BIDS to gain access back to it.