Use Get-CimInstance instead

[paulomorgado]

I'm not a PowerShell expert, but I've read somewhere on the interwebs that Get-CimInstance should be used instead of Get-WmiObject.

Also, you are loading the entire database and filtering after the fact.

This script will bring only the wanted products and only the wanted columns (I've added Version for further filtering):

 Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Product -Filter 'Name like "%Microsoft .NET Core SDK%"' -Property Name,Version,IdentifyingNumber

[ChristopherGLewis]

Measure-command on my machine shows little difference between filtering with -Filter vs | Where.
And crap - Win32_Product is evil:

• https://gregramsey.net/2012/02/20/win32_product-is-evil/
• https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2013/11/15/use-powershell-to-find-installed-software/

[paulomorgado]

Querying the registry is usually faster and better.

[ChristopherGLewis]

Yea - I'm using

$DotNetCoreProduct = Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\*'  | 
        Where-Object {$_.displayname -like 'Microsoft .NET Core SDK*'} | 
        Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, UninstallString 

and its significantly faster.

[Jaykul]

You should be able to use:

Get-Package -Provider MSI -Name "Microsoft .NET Core SDK*"