Yes. Something like below should do it…

$sqlserver = "sqlinstance";
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | Out-Null;
$srv = New-Object "Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server" $sqlserver;
Write-Host "Edition: " $srv.Edition;
Write-Host "Version: " $srv.Version;

Cheers,

Rhys

Can this script modified to include the Edition and the version please ?

Yep, no discovery without without SQLBrowser. It probably wouldn’t be difficult to remotely search the registry for installed SQL Server instances if this is an issue for you.

Rhys

The limitation of this is that unfortunately it relies on the SQLBrowser service. Discovery will not occur if the SQLBrowser service is not started.

Chuck
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