PowerShell Create Local User Account

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I need to create a new local user account  and then add them to the local Administrators group  Can this be done in PowerShell    EDIT     Create new local Admin user for script purposes  Computer    ADSI  WinNT    Env COMPUTERNAME Computer    LocalAdmin    Computer Create  User    LocalAdmin    LocalAdmin SetPassword  Password01    LocalAdmin SetInfo    LocalAdmin FullName    Local Admin by Powershell   LocalAdmin SetInfo    LocalAdmin UserFlags   64   65536   ADS UF PASSWD CANT CHANGE   ADS UF DONT EXPIRE PASSWD  LocalAdmin SetInfo     I have this  but was wondering if there is anything more PowerShell-esque

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As of PowerShell 5 1 there cmdlet New-LocalUser which could create local user account   Example of usage   Create a user account  New-LocalUser -Name  User02  -Description  Description of this account   -NoPassword   or Create a user account that has a password   Password   Read-Host -AsSecureString New-LocalUser  User03  -Password  Password -FullName  Third User  -Description  Description of this account     or Create a user account that is connected to a Microsoft account  New-LocalUser -Name  MicrosoftAccount usr name Outlook com  -Description  Description of this account

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Another alternative is the old school NET USER commands   NET USER username  password   ADD  OK - you can t set all the options but it s a lot less convoluted for simple user creation  amp  easy to script up in Powershell   NET LOCALGROUP  group   user   add to set group membership

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Try using Carbon s Install-User and Add-GroupMember functions   Install-User -Username  User  -Description  LocalAdmin  -FullName  Local Admin by Powershell  -Password  Password01  Add-GroupMember -Name  Administrators  -Member  User    Disclaimer  I am the creator maintainer of the Carbon project

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Import-Csv C  test csv   Foreach-Object     NET USER        username       password  ADD   NET LOCALGROUP  group     username   ADD     edit csv as username password and change  group  for your groupname     worked on 2012 R2

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As of 2014  here is a statement from a Microsoft representative  the Scripting Guy       As much as we might hate to admit it  there are still no Windows   PowerShell cmdlets from Microsoft that permit creating local user   accounts or local user groups  We finally have a Desired State   Configuration  DSC   provider that can do this   but to date  no   cmdlets

[powershell] PowerShell: Create Local User Account

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