---
title: "Get-VBRInstalledLicense"
description: "This cmdlet returns details about licenses installed on a backup server. For more information on the license report, see the Viewing License Information section of User Guide for VMware vSphere."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/get-vbrinstalledlicense.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Licenses > Get-VBRInstalledLicense"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Get-VBRInstalledLicense

## Short Description
Returns details about licenses installed on a backup server.

**Product Edition**: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
Get-VBRInstalledLicense [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet returns details about licenses installed on a backup server.

For more information on the license report, see the [Viewing License Information](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/license_view.html?ver=13) section of User Guide for VMware vSphere.

## Parameters

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Output Object
[`VBRInstalledLicense`](vbrinstalledlicense.md)

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Getting Details About License

This command returns details about a license installed on a backup server.

```
Get-VBRInstalledLicense
```

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Getting Details About Licensed CPU Sockets

This example shows how to get details about a number of licensed CPU sockets on protected Microsoft Hyper-V hosts and VMware ESXi hosts.

```
$license = Get-VBRInstalledLicense
$license.SocketLicenseSummary
LicensedSocketsNumber UsedSocketsNumber RemainingSocketsNumber     Type
--------------------- ----------------- ----------------------     ----
                    3                 2                     15   HyperV
                    2                 1                     20  vSphere
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the `Get-VBRInstalledLicense` cmdlet. Save the result to the `$license` variable.
2. Get the `SocketLicenseSummary` property of the `$license` variable.

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Getting Details About Available Licenses

This example shows how to get details about a number of available instances.

```
$license =  Get-VBRInstalledLicense
$license.InstanceLicenseSummary
LicensedInstancesNumber : 1000
UsedInstancesNumber     : 2
NewInstancesNumber      : 0
RentalInstancesNumber   : 0
Object                  : {Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Infos.VBRInstanceLicenseSummaryObject}
Workload                : {srv009, SQLsrv}
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the `Get-VBRInstalledLicense` cmdlet. Save the result to the `$license` variable.
2. Get the `InstanceLicenseSummary` property of the `$license` variable.

:::