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PowerShell Shortcuts for Local Auth

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All the credentials below are given for exemplary purposes.

You can speed up user and group creation using PowerShell.

For advanced manipulations with local users and groups, refer to the official PowerShell documentation.

New User Group§

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# set up name of the user group
$UserGroup = 'UserGroup01'

# create a new user group
New-LocalGroup -Name $UserGroup

New User§

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# set up username/login
$UserName = 'User01'

# set up user password
$UserPassword = 'user_password'

# create a new user
New-LocalUser   -Name $UserName `
                -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString $UserPassword -AsPlainText -Force)

Add User to User Group§

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# set up username/login
$UserName = 'User01'

# set up name of the user group
$UserGroup = 'UserGroup01'

# add user to user group
Add-LocalGroupMember  -Group $UserGroup  -Member $UserName

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