PowerShell - List all SQL instances on my system?

Question

Is there a Powershell command to list all SQL instances on my system? (MS SQL 2008)

Answer 1

The System.Data.Sql namespace contains classes that support SQL Server-specific functionality.

By using the System.Data.Sql namespace you can get all MSSQL instances on a machine using this command in windows power shell: [System.Data.Sql.SqlDataSourceEnumerator]::Instance.GetDataSources()