SSMS 2005 can NOT connect to SSIS 2008
SSMS 2008 can NOT connect to SSIS 2005
Thus the need to maintain both sets of client tools
MG
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Tony Hoare
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.