Determining if the program is running on Windows Server

Question

I would like to determine if my program is running on a version of Windows Server. Apparently, System.Environment does not contain information about the fact th

Answer 1

I had the same issue, albeit in scripting.

I have found this value; I am querying it using WMI:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394239(v=vs.85).aspx
Win32_OperatingSystem
ProductType
    Data type: uint32
    Access type: Read-only
    Additional system information.
    Work Station (1)
    Domain Controller (2)
    Server (3)

I tested this for the following operating system versions:

• Windows XP Professional SP3
• Windows 7 Enterprise
• Windows 8.1 Pro
• Windows 8.1 Enterprise
• Windows 10 Pro 10.0.16299
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition x64
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
• Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter

Find my example batch file below.

Lucas.

for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ( 'wmic.exe os get producttype /value' ) do (
    set PRODUCT_TYPE=%%a
)
if %PRODUCT_TYPE%==1 set PRODUCT_TYPE=Workstation
if %PRODUCT_TYPE%==2 set PRODUCT_TYPE=DomainController
if %PRODUCT_TYPE%==3 set PRODUCT_TYPE=Server
echo %COMPUTERNAME%: %PRODUCT_TYPE%

You can easily do this in C#:

using Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure;
...
string Namespace = @"root\cimv2";
string className = "Win32_OperatingSystem";

CimInstance operatingSystem = new CimInstance(className, Namespace);