DOMAIN USER
CREATING USERS
#Domain Administrator privileges is required to create NOT system-level privileges
PS C: > New-ADUser -Name "{user}" -GivenName "{firstName}" -Surname "{lastName}" -SamAccountName "{firstName.MI.lastName}" -UserPrincipalName "{firstName.MI.lastName@domain.com}" -Path "CN=Users,DC={domain},DC={com}" -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString "{password}" -AsPlainText -Force) -Enabled $true -PasswordNeverExpires $True -Verbose
* create a user & set initial password
ADDING USERS TO THE LOCAL ADMIN GROUP
PS C:\> net localgroup administrators {Domain}\{user} /add
* administrators is the group name
PS C:\> shutdown -r -t 0
* the -r flag stands for "restart." It tells the system to restart
(rather than shut down completely) after the specified delay.
* the -t 0: flag specifies the time delay (in seconds) before the shutdown or
restart occurs.
- 0 means immediately
ADDING USERS TO THE DOMAIN ADMIN/ANY GROUP
PS C: > Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "Domain Admins" -Members "{firstName.MI.lastName}"
* add user to domain admin group or any group
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