Sql-server – SQL Native Client and network disconnects

Yes, you can use Native Client 10

Simply use Provider=SQLNCLI10 in the connection string

This can be done through WMI (accessed through PowerShell in my below example). All I'm doing is looking at a property ("SKUNAME") of the SQL Server service, via the SqlServiceAdvancedProperty class. Note, there are a few environment-specific variables that would need to be set accordingly at the top of the code.

$ComputerName = "YourComputerName"
$ServiceName = 'YourEngineServiceName'
$PropertyName = "SKUNAME"

# retrieve the most current version of the ComputerManagement namespace
#
$ComputerManagementNamespace =
    (Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $ComputerName -Namespace "root\microsoft\sqlserver" -Class "__NAMESPACE" |
        Where-Object {$_.Name -like "ComputerManagement*"} |
        Select-Object Name |
        Sort-Object Name -Descending |
        Select-Object -First 1).Name
 
if ($ComputerManagementNamespace -eq $null) {
    Write-Error "ComputerManagement namespace not found"
}
else {
    $ComputerManagementNamespace = "root\microsoft\sqlserver\" + $ComputerManagementNamespace
} 

# get the property and its value
#
Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $ComputerName -Namespace $ComputerManagementNamespace -Class "SqlServiceAdvancedProperty" |
    Where-Object {
        $_.ServiceName -eq $ServiceName -and
        $_.PropertyName -eq $PropertyName
    } |
    Select-Object @{Name = "ComputerName"; Expression = { $ComputerName }},
        ServiceName,
        @{Name = "PropertyValue"; Expression = {
            if ($_.PropertyValueType -eq 0) {
                $_.PropertyStrValue
            }
            else {
                $_.PropertyNumValue
            }
        }}

Likewise, this same information can be found directly in the SQL Server Configuration Manager tool. Once you open it up, right-click on your SQL Server service and go into Properties. Then click on the Advanced tab and look at the Stock Keeping Unit Name key. There will you find what edition you are using.