In this PowerShell SharePoint tutorial, we will discuss, how to check sharepoint version using PowerShell. We can easily get SharePoint version using PowerShell, which is installed on your server.
We can also know the SharePoint version installed on the server from SharePoint central administration.
We can use Windows PowerShell ISE to run PowerShell commands or also we can use Visual Studio Code to write, debug and run PowerShell scripts.
We can get the installed SharePoint version using PowerShell as well as we can get through central administration.
get SharePoint version using PowerShell
You can use the below command to know which version of SharePoint is installed on the server. Here is the command get sharepoint version using PowerShell.
Command:
get-spfarm | select BuildVersion
Result:
BuildVersion
——————
14.0.4762.1000
Command:
([Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm]::Local).buildversion
Result:
Major Minor Build Revision
——– ——– —— ———–
14 0 4762 1000
Check the below diagram:
This is how to check sharepoint version using PowerShell.
Check SharePoint Version from Central Admin
We can also check which version of SharePoint is installed on the server from SharePoint central administration.
Open SharePoint central administration -> Then from the System Settings click on Manage servers in this farm.
Then in the Manage servers in this farm, you will able to see the version details as shown in the fig below.
This is how to get sharepoint version from the central admin.
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I hope this SharePoint Administration tutorial helps to know which version of SharePoint is installed in the SharePoint server using PowerShell as well as using SharePoint Central Administration.
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