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Server.ServerType Property

Gets the server type for the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)> _
Public ReadOnly Property ServerType As DatabaseEngineType
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Server
Dim value As DatabaseEngineType

value = instance.ServerType

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)]
public DatabaseEngineType ServerType { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase)]
public:
property DatabaseEngineType ServerType {
    DatabaseEngineType get ();
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
member ServerType : DatabaseEngineType

function get ServerType () : DatabaseEngineType

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.DatabaseEngineType
A ServerType object that specifies the server type for the instance of SQL Server.

Remarks

The server type indicates whether the instance of SQL Server is a matrix or a singleton.

Examples

C#

Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Console.WriteLine("The server type is " + srv.ServerType.ToString());

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
Write-Host "The server type is" $srv.ServerType