---
title: "Sitecore Management Services"
slug: "sitecore-management-services"
abstract: "Introduction to the Sitecore Management Services required for Sitecore for Visual Studio."
---
# Sitecore Management Services

Sitecore Management Services is a package that you must download and install in your Sitecore Content Management (CM) instance to support [Sitecore Command Line Interface](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/developer-tools/sitecore-command-line-interface.html "Sitecore Command Line Interface") and [Sitecore for Visual Studio](https://doc.sitecore.com/xp/en/developers/102/developer-tools/sitecore-for-visual-studio.html "Sitecore for Visual Studio").

To install Sitecore Management Services in CM:

1. Download the `Sitecore.ManagementServices` package. The package is part of the [download for Sitecore CLI](https://developers.sitecore.com/downloads/Sitecore_CLI).
2. On the Sitecore Launchpad, click **Control Panel**, **Install a package**. Then follow the Installation Wizard to install the `Sitecore.ManagementServices` package file.

> [!note]
> We do not support extensions and changes to the Sitecore Management Services module at this time.