By looking at a server, how to determine if it is an app server or a wfe? Can I do it in powershell?shazinus

Hi, Login into the Central admin. On the first page itself you will find the services running on all servers in farm and thus in turn roles of the server. I hope this will help you out.Thanks, Rahul Rashu

But these services are not strictly differentiated, are they? My scenario is something like this: Suppose I am given a list of all servers in a farm, I have to find out which server is which one. Through powershell I can get the list of all services on each server. But like I said, is such information totally conclusive? Thanks.shazinus

Is this actually a SharePoint question? Rashu has provided the most effective manner of assessing SharePoint server roles. If you want generic server information, try googling. That's too open a question for my liking.Steven Andrews | SharePoint Professional | http://www.twitter.com/backpackerd00d | https://baron72.wordpress.com/

To Identify the Server Role, you can follow 1. Click on Start --> Run --> Regedit 2. Now navigate to For 2007 : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0\WSS Locate : ServerRole which would help you determine. ------------------------- Application --> Complete Install WFE --> Webd Front End (Search Functionality Not Available) SINGLESERVER --> Standalone Installtion or BASIC PowerShell Script ---------------------------- $farm = get-spfarm $farm.Servers | select name, role Sushant Rao http://blogs.technet.com/sushrao1