Get SQL Server Product Keys for Local and Remote Servers using PowerShell

Mar 22, 2015 · 1 min read  ·
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I just released a new PowerShell script, Get-SQLServerKeys.ps1. The script works works with several versions of SQL Server (2005-2014), and can use Central Management Server, a text file, or just a string of servers as input.

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Like many of the Windows Key scripts available, this one relies on Remote Registry being enabled. However, if you've disabled this service, you can run Get-SQLServerKeys.ps1 on the SQL Server itself and all keys will be extracted for all local instances by accessing the registry directly.

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Thanks goes out to Jakob Bindslet for providing the key decode function.

Get-SQLServerKeys.ps1 is one of several scripts that help DBA's migrate SQL Servers. Check out my sqlmigration repository on github for more scripts.