There is another advantage to using this as opposed to SQL Agent. You can regulate the number of packages that execute concurrently by setting the max_queue_readers value.

The following example would ensure that at the most, 3 packages can run simultaneously.

create queue

package_Queue

with status =on,

activation

( procedure_name = spExecQueuedPackages,

max_queue_readers = 3,

--Change this value to allow more or less packages to be executed on this queue simultaneously.

execute as 'dbo' );