NAME
Get-LocalGroup
SYNOPSIS
Gets the local security groups.SYNTAX
Get-LocalGroup [[-Name]
] [ ] Get-LocalGroup [[-SID]
] [ ] DESCRIPTION
The Get-LocalGroup cmdlet gets local security groups in Security Account Manager. This cmdlet gets default
built-in groups and local security groups that you create.
PARAMETERS
-Name
Specifies an array of names of security groups that this cmdlet gets. You can use the wildcard character. Required? false Position? 0 Default value NoneAccept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? false-SID
Specifies an array of security IDs (SIDs) of security groups that this cmdlet gets. Required? false Position? 0 Default value NoneAccept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters? falseThis 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.String, System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier You can pipe a string or a SID to this cmdlet.OUTPUTS
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalGroup This cmdlet returns a local group.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: Get the Administrators group
PS C:\>Get-LocalGroup -Name "Administrators"
Name Description
---- -----------
Administrators Administrators have complete and unrestricted access to the computer/domain This command gets the local Administrators group. The command displays properties of the group in the console.RELATED LINKS
Online Version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=822511New-LocalGroup
Remove-LocalGroup
Rename-LocalGroup
Set-LocalGroup