---
title: Configuring Team Development
description: Configure Team Development for your instance.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/team-development/configuring-team-development.html
release: australia
product: Team Development
classification: team-development
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Team Development, Planning your application, Building applications]
---

# Configuring Team Development

Configure Team Development for your instance.

## Configuration overview

1.  [Access rights for developers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/r_GrantingAccessRightsToDevelopers.md)

    To enable parallel development on multiple non-production instances, administrators can set up the Team Development instance hierachy and grant access rights for developers.

2.  [Create an exclusion policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/t_CreateAnExclusionPolicy.md)

    Application developers can create an exclusion policy to prevent pushes or pulls to particular instances in the team development hierarchy.

3.  [Define a remote instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/t_DefineARemoteInstance.md)

    Define other instances in the hierarchy as remote instances.

4.  [Enable a code review](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/t_EnableCodeReview.md)

    You can require a code review of all changes pushed to an instance.

5.  [Select the parent instance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/t_SelectTheParentInstance.md)

    An instance can have multiple peer instances but only one parent instance.

6.  [Set up an instance hierarchy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/team-development/t_SetUpAnInstanceHierarchy.md)

    Set up an instance hierarchy that best supports your development life cycle.