How To Find Out What SQL Features Are Installed

Microsoft SQL ServerNo day when you learn something new is a wasted day. I was onsite with a client recently to do some work with them on Microsoft Dynamics GP and got chatting to Den in their IT department.

It turns out that SQL Server has a report you can run which will show which features are installed.

The report is run from the SQL Server Installation Center which is available from the Windows Start menu. Click on Tools and then on Installed SQL Server features discovery report:

SQL Server Installation Center

If necessary, choose how you want to open the file, by selecting the browser of your choice:

How do you want to open this file?

The report will open and show all of the installed features:

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Setup Discovery Report

This report is going to be very useful; in the past I’ve had to go away prodding through various folders or utilities to see if the necessary features were installed. Now, with this one report, all of the information is available in one place.

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7 thoughts on “How To Find Out What SQL Features Are Installed

  1. Duane says:

    Hi is there a query which can do the same thing from sql management studio ?

    1. Ian Grieve says:

      Hi Duane,

      As far as I am aware, this information cannot be returned by a query.

  2. Mark Kent says:

    Hi after installation, the log show at summary.txt , is there any place where storing these information except summary.txt and configurationfile.ini?

    1. Ian Grieve says:

      I’m not aware of any other locations storing this information.

  3. Raj kiran says:

    Hi,
    Your articles are awesome!! I have a question based on this article.
    Any Script to find a installed features language (Standard or Enterprise) on the sql server.
    Can you share the script if you have any, That will help me for automation.

    Thanks!!

    1. Ian Grieve says:

      Hi Raj,
      I’m afraid I can’t help as I’ve never had cause to look for what languages are installed.

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