Using PowerShell to find your operating system (OS) and service pack (SP) level

You can use PowerShell to quickly display your server’s OS and SP levels. The following example shows how you how you can use the Get-WmiObject cmdlet to retrieve you server’s name, operating system, x86 architecture type and major service pack level.

# Get Operating System Info
$sServer = "myserver"
$sOS =Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem -computername $sServer

foreach($sProperty in $sOS)
{
   write-host $sProperty.Description
   write-host $sProperty.Caption
   write-host $sProperty.OSArchitecture
   write-host $sProperty.ServicePackMajorVersion
}