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Create User in Powershell

Set the username and passwordPowershell

The first command uses the Read-Host cmdlet to prompt you for a password. The command stores the password as a secure string in the $Password variable.

The second command creates a local user account and sets the new account's password to the secure string stored in $Password. The command specifies a user name, full name, and description for the user account.

$Password = Read-Host -AsSecureString
$params = @{
    Name        = '<username>'
    Password    = $Password
    FullName    = 'Full Name'
    Description = 'Description of this user.'
}
New-LocalUser @params

To elevate the user to local administrator, use the Add-LocalGroupMember cmdlet using the following formats for the account. To add multiple, separate with commas.

  • Local Account
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "<username>"
  • Microsoft Account
"MicrosoftAccount\<username@example.com>"
  • Microsoft 365 Azure/Entra Account
"AzureAD\<username@example.com>"
  • Active Directory Domain Account
"DOMAIN\<username>"


CMD

To create a user in the command prompt:

net user <username> <password> /fullname:"<Full Name>"

 

Add the user to the local administrators group:

net localgroup administrators <username> /add

 

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