functions/Get-DbaLinkedServer.ps1
function Get-DbaLinkedServer { <# .SYNOPSIS Gets all linked servers and summary of information from the sql servers listed .DESCRIPTION Retrieves information about each linked server on the instance .PARAMETER SqlServer The SQL Server that you're connecting to. .PARAMETER SqlCredential Credential object used to connect to the SQL Server as a different user .NOTES Author: Stephen Bennett ( https://sqlnotesfromtheunderground.wordpress.com/ ) dbatools PowerShell module (https://dbatools.io) Copyright (C) 2016 Chrissy LeMaire This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. .LINK https://dbatools.io/Get-DbaLinkedServer .EXAMPLE Get-DbaLinkedServer -SqlServer DEV01 Returns all Linked Servers for the SQL Server instance DEV01 #> [CmdletBinding()] param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true, ValueFromPipeline = $true)] [Alias("ServerInstance", "SqlServer")] [string[]]$SqlInstance, [System.Management.Automation.PSCredential]$SqlCredential ) process { foreach ($Instance in $SqlInstance) { try { Write-Verbose "Connecting to $Instance" $server = Connect-SqlServer -SqlServer $Instance -SqlCredential $sqlcredential } catch { Write-Warning "Failed to connect to: $Instance" continue } foreach ($ls in $server.LinkedServers) { $output = [PSCustomObject]@{ ComputerName = $server.NetName SqlInstance = $server.InstanceName LinkedServerName = $ls.Name RemoteServer = $ls.DataSource ProductName = $ls.ProductName Impersonate = $ls.LinkedServerLogins.Impersonate RemoteUser = $ls.LinkedServerLogins.remoteuser Rpc = $ls.Rpc RpcOut = $ls.RpcOut LinkedServer = $ls } Select-DefaultView -InputObject $output -Property ComputerName, SqlInstance, LinkedServerName, RemoteServer, ProductName, Impersonate, RemoteUser, Rpc, RpcOut } } } } |