NAME
Add-LocalGroupMember
SYNOPSIS
Adds members to a local group.SYNTAX
Add-LocalGroupMember [-Group]
[-Member] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ ] Add-LocalGroupMember [-Name]
[-Member] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ ] Add-LocalGroupMember [-SID]
[[-Member] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] ] DESCRIPTION
The Add-LocalGroupMember cmdlet adds users or groups to a local security group. All the rights and permissions
that are assigned to a group are assigned to all members of that group. Members of the Administrators group on a local computer have Full Control permissions on that computer. Limit the number of users in the Administrators group. If the computer is joined to a domain, you can add user accounts, computer accounts, and group accounts from that domain and from trusted domains to a local group.PARAMETERS
-Confirm [
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet. Required? false Position? named Default value False Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false] -Group
Specifies the security group to which this cmdlet adds members. Required? true Position? 0 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-Member
Specifies an array of users or groups that this cmdlet adds to a security group. You can specify users or groups by name, security ID (SID), or LocalPrincipal objects. Required? true Position? 1 Default value NoneAccept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false-Name
Specifies the name of the security group to which this cmdlet adds members. Required? true Position? 0 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-SID
Specifies the security ID of the security group to which this cmdlet adds members. Required? true Position? 0 Default value None Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false-WhatIf [
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run. Required? false Position? named Default value False Accept pipeline input? False Accept wildcard characters? false] This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalGroup, System.String, System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier You can pipe a local principal, a string, or a SID to this cmdlet.OUTPUTS
None This cmdlet does not generate any output.NOTES
The PrincipalSource property is a property on LocalUser , LocalGroup , and LocalPrincipal * objects that
describes the source of the object. The possible sources are as follows:- Local
- Active Directory
- Azure Active Directory group
- Microsoft Account PrincipalSource is supported only by Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and later versions
of the Windows operating system. For earlier versions, the property is blank.Example 1: Add members to the Administrators group
PS C:\>Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "Admin02", "MicrosoftAccount\username@Outlook.com",
"AzureAD\DavidChew@contoso.com", "CONTOSO\Domain Admins" This command adds several members to the local Administrators group. The new members include a local user account, a Microsoft account, an Azure Active Directory account, and a domain group. This example uses a placeholder value for the user name of an account at Outlook.com.RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=822507Get-LocalGroupMember
New-LocalGroup
Remove-LocalGroupMember