SIM 1.4 Update-1 is an open source tool for managing the local park of Sitecore instances. You can install, locate, maintain, reinstal or delete Sitecore products. It has API and plugin engine so you can extend it for any your need.

1. Release History
2. Documentation
3. Troubleshooting
4. Developer Center
5. SIM 2.0 planning
6. Contact Us

Note, we are in progress of migrating from bitbucket to github so don't be confused by some of the links pointing back to bitbucket.

1. List Sitecore websites installed locally and their modules
2. Install new Sitecore standalone product
3. Install Sitecore modules and packages
4. Download Sitecore products from SDN and DEV
5. Back up Sitecore websites, and Restore them
6. Export Sitecore website and Import it on remote computer
7. Delete Sitecore websites
8. Reinstall Sitecore website

• Open website
• Open Sitecore Client
• Open Sitecore Client (bypassing security, logging in as admin)
• Open Support Toolbox

• Open Website folder
• Open Visual Studio 2012 project (create project if missing)
• Open web.config and other *.config files
• Open showconfig.xml configuration
• Open current log file in Dynamic Log Viewer
• Open entire log files in Sitecore Log Analyzer

• Start/Stop App Pool
• Recycle App Pool
• Kill w3wp.exe process
• Change Framework version
• Change Framework bitness

• Install MongoDB in one click
• Edit etc\hosts file
• Batch operations with SQL databases
• Predefined configurations (Enable MVC, Scaling ...)

• Tray Plugin – simple actions from SIM tray icon: list sites, open in browser, hide window
• Delete All Instances - wizard for deleting all installed Sitecore instances
• Update Licenses - Updating Sitecore license file in all installed Sitecore instances
• SSPG - Sitecore Support Package Generator for collecting detailed information about an instance
• Linqpad - Incorporated LINQPad plugin written by Adam Conn, used for accessing Sitecore API without touching an instance files
• Support Toolbox - an extension of /sitecore/admin pages
• Publish Dialog - executing Sitecore publishing in application

• Sitecore CMS 6.0 and later
• Sitecore Intranet 3.x
• Sitecore Foundry 3.0 and 4.x (in a form of Sitecore package)
• Demo Solutions (Nicam, Jetstream)
• All Sitecore modules

Some of Sitecore modules have special support for initial configuration:

• Active Directory
• Web Forms for Marketers
• E-mail Campaign Manager