Sitecore Instance Manager developer environment setup

Question

I am looking for a way to keep all IIS settings, modules and Sitecore versions in sync across multiple developer environments in a team setting. Is there a way to use Sitecore Instance Manager (SIM), or other tools, to automate a development environment setup?

Answer 1

We have used a powershell script that does everything:

• install SQL databases
• install solr and configure
• configure IIS
• install Sitecore
• build base VS projects

I would suggest investigating powershell. It will give you a lot of flexibility, for example different steps for different teams.

Answer 2

Another options would be to use VMware kind of software to take snapshot of complete installation of a dev machine and then create developer machines using that snapshot.

SIM is not the tool for your requirement. You can use it to create quick instance. But, not a tool provide sync environments across developer machines.