Get SharePoint version via PowerShell

If you need to audit your SharePoint Farm, detect what SharePoint software is installed in your area or to align versions of test and production areas, I recommend you to use PowerShell.

The string to add SharePoint snappin to PowerShell console is more long than the command:

if(!(Get-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell -ErrorAction:SilentlyContinue))
{
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell
}

and the command:

(Get-SPFarm).products

It will return something like this:

To find out what these GUIDs mean, please refer to the table below.

In my case I have SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise installed in my SharePoint farm.

To find out a build of SharePoint use another command:

get-spfarm | select BuildVersion

You can use it when you create a test area or when you need to align versions.