Add-LocalGroupMember [-Group*] <LocalGroup> [-Member*] <LocalPrincipal[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]Add-LocalGroupMember [-Name*] <String> [-Member*] <LocalPrincipal[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]Add-LocalGroupMember [-SID*] <SecurityIdentifier> [-Member*] <LocalPrincipal[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf][<CommonParameters>]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 [<SwitchParameter>]
- Default value is False
- Accepts pipeline input False
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
-Group <LocalGroup>
- This value is required
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input False
Specifies the security group to which this cmdlet adds members.
-Member <LocalPrincipal[]>
- This value is required
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName
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.
-Name <String>
- This value is required
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input False
Specifies the name of the security group to which this cmdlet adds members.
-SID <SecurityIdentifier>
- This value is required
- Default value is None
- Accepts pipeline input False
Specifies the security ID of the security group to which this cmdlet adds members.
-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
- Default value is False
- Accepts pipeline input False
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
Inputs
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalGroup, System.String,Outputs
NoneExamples
- Add members to the Administrators group:
PS C:\> Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "Admin02", "MicrosoftAccount\[email protected]", "AzureAD\[email protected]", "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.
Additional 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.