[[powershell-commands-add-to-admin-group]]

Add an existing local user to the Administrators group.

# Replace with your local user ID or AzureAD/Entra ID - prefix with 'AzureAD\' for latter case
$User = "username"
Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member $User

# Alternative script for AzureAD/Entra
net localgroup administrators AzureAD\<username> /add
  • powershell-commands-add-to-admin-group.txt
  • Last modified: 2025/09/22 17:55
  • by jsanders