Ever felt a need to find out what type of SharePoint Installation are you running???
Here is how, you can find out the type of SharePoint Installation that was done on the machinebox
Open Up Registry Editor on the server and navigate to the following path
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftShared ToolsWeb Server Extensions14.0WSS
There will be an entry for “ServerRole” which will tell you the installation type
Stand Alone – SINGLESERVER
Web Front End – WFE
Farm Complete – APPLICATION
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