Package Configuration

I have created a package configuration to read the connectionstring for the oledb connection manager.

Saved the file as Environment.dtsConfig in the same directory as the other packages.

Do the packages refer to the configuration file automatically?

Does it make a difference if I use the dtexec to start the ssis packages since there is now a configuration file?

Thanks

Yes and no.

You can check what Configurations are "bound" to a package, open the package and then go to the Configurations menu option in the designer. The first dialog shows you all configurations that will be applied to that package.

There is no difference in the way you use DTEXEC now that the package has a configuration.