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title: Configure your SDK environment
slug: configured-commerce/sdk
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createdAt: 2026-08-05T19:24:04.448Z
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See the [SDK release notes section](docId\:yA52qvOTNGOOTc9-ygEyK) to learn about current versions and features.

## Configure Optimizely NuGet source in Visual Studio

You can find NuGet packages on [https://nuget.optimizely.com](https://nuget.optimizely.com/), which does not require authentication.

1. Go to **Visual Studio** > **Tools** > **Options** > **NuGet Package Manager** > **Package Sources**.
2. Click **Add**:
   1. **Name** – Configured Commerce
   2. **Source** – [https://nuget.optimizely.com/feed/packages.svc](https://nuget.optimizely.com/)
3. Restore packages.

## Configure the local environment

Open **Visual Studio** and rebuild the solution.

For SQL, follow these steps:

1. Create a database within sql server
2. Run `./database/Insite.Commerce.StartingDatabase.sql` against the database.
3. (Optional) Run `./database/Insite.Commerce.SampleData.sql` against the database.
4. Update `./src/InsiteCommerce.Web/config/connectionStrings.config` so it can connect to your new database.
   The build copies `connectionStrings.default.config` to `connectionStrings.config`. If you skipped step 1, you can copy the file manually.

For IIS, follow these steps:

1. Add a new site to IIS, pointing to `./src/InsiteCommerce.Web`.
2. Configure bindings:
   1. For simple setups, using a non-standard port like 8080 is fine. The site can then be accessed at `http://localhost:8080`.
   2. If dealing with multiple projects, it can help to have them setup with hostnames on port 80:
      `projectA.local.com`
      `projectB.local.com`
      This requires entries in `c:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts`:
      `127.0.0.1` `projectA.local.com`
      `127.0.0.1` `projectB.local.com`

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**Note**
`https` is not required.
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Once finished with either set of steps, log in to `/admin` with the following credentials:
**user** – admin
**password** – admin123

## Use Configured Commerce

For information about using the frontend of Configured Commerce, such as the Admin Console or storefront, see the [user documentation](docId\:czL1xnwHKcrsDpaUQDZ-t).

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**Note**
Depending on your SDK version, you may not have access to all the features listed in the documentation.
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