sp_linkedservers

To see the linked servers defined within a SQL Server instance, you simply use sp_linkedservers:

EXEC sp_linkedserversGo

The sp_linkedservers execution provides the list of all linked servers on this SQL Server:

SRV_NAME                SRV_PROVIDERNAME      SRV_PRODUCT SRV_DATASOURCE------------------------- ----------------------- ---------- ---------------------ACCESS_DATABASE_CUSTOMERS Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 Access C:\SQL2014DB\CustomersPlus.mdbDATAXDESIGN-PC\SQL2014DXD02     SQLNCLI       SQL Server DATAXDESIGN-PC\SQL2014DXD02DATAXDESIGN-PC\SQL2014DXD32     SQLNCLI       SQL Server DATAXDESIGN-PC\SQL2014DXD32Linked ExcelSW            Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 Jet ExcelC:\ SQL2014DB\SWCustomers.xls ...

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