PowerShell: Add User Account To Local Group

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Purpose: Add a user account to a local group on a Windows computer.

Run the following Add-LocalGroupMember command in a PowerShell window using an account with local administrator privileges:

Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "<local-group>" -Member "<user1>", "<domain\user2>", "<MicrosoftAccount\[email protected]>", "<AzureAD\[email protected]>", ...

Notes:
<local-group> : Local group to add user account to
<user1> : Local user account to be added to <local-group>
<domain\user2> : Domain user account to be added to <local-group>
<MicrosoftAccount\[email protected]> : Microsoft user account to be added to <local-group>
<AzureAD\[email protected]> : Azure AD / Microsoft 365 user account to be added to <local-group>

References:
Add-LocalGroupMember (Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts) – PowerShell | Microsoft Docs

Related:
Command Prompt: Add Local User Account To Local Group – CodeCentral.com
PowerShell: Delete/Remove A Local User Account – CodeCentral.com

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