PowerShell: Check Windows OS Version

Here is a PowerShell script to get the OS details of Windows Machines. The script makes use of CIM cmdlets. The script also provides uptime information.

function Get-cOSInfo

{

<#

.SYNOPSIS

PowerShell script to collect OS information

.DESCRIPTION

Get the OS, edition, and build version of Windows Servers

.PARAMETER ComputerName

Accepts a list of computer names or IP addresses

.EXAMPLE

Get-cOSInfo -ComputerName Server1,server2

.LINK

https://www.posh-scripts.in.net/2019/08/check-windows-os-version.html

#>

[CmdletBinding()]

Param

(

# A computer name or list of computer names

[Parameter(Mandatory=$False,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$true,Position=0)]

[string[]]$ComputerName = 'localhost',

[Parameter(Mandatory=$False,ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName=$false,Position=1)]

[ValidateNotNull()]

[System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]

[System.Management.Automation.Credential()]

$Credential = [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]::Empty

)

$outObject = @()

foreach ($computer in $ComputerName)

{

$tempObject = Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $computer -ErrorAction STOP |

Select-Object @{Name='ComputerName';Expression={$_.CSName}},

@{Name='Operating System';Expression={$_.Caption}},

@{Name='Architecture';Expression={$_.OSArchitecture}},

Version,Organization,

InstallDate,

@{Name='Uptime';Expression={"{0:N0} days {1:N0} hours" -f `

($_.LocalDateTime - $_.LastBootUpTime).Days, `

($_.LocalDateTime - $_.LastBootUpTime).Hours}}

$outObject += $tempObject

}

return $outObject

}

Get-cOSInfo