How to get information about all SQL Server instances on a local server (PowerShell)

Introduction

This PowerShell script will demo how to get information about all the SQL Server instances on a local server.

Scenarios

As many people ask how to get information about instances, this script will list all the information about instances on a local server.

Script

You can use this script in this way:
1. Run Microsoft PowerShell as Administrator

2. Run the script in the form: &Path
For example: &"E:\OneScript\Upload\Julie\GetAllInstances.ps1"


3. Press Enter and wait for the results. After the script finishes running, we抣l get the following figure:


Here are some code snippet for your reference:

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[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.SMO") | Out-Null 
Write-Host "-------------------------------" 
Write-Host "This is $instance" 
Write-Host "-------------------------------" 
$instanceinfo = New-Object -typeName Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server($instance) 
$instanceinfo








 

Prerequisites

SQL Server 2005 /SQL Server 2008/SQL Server 2012

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