Share Point 2013 – determine the SharePoint version in PowerShell

You can determine which version of SharePoint is installed (2010 = 14, 2013 =15 ) with this line

(Get-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell).Version.Major

You can determine which Build is Installed With this line

(get-spfarm).buildversion

To see the build number  friendly names:

SharePoint 2013 Build Numbers

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