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Adding a regular local user to the local administrators group using GPO

Abdulrahman 101 Reputation points
2023-03-15T12:17:41.97+00:00

Is it possible to add a regular local user to the local administrator group? so in case of emergency I can login to the machine using this local user with admin privileges.

If yes, then how it could be done?

Thank you.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-16T20:39:53.7266667+00:00

    Ok, sure it's absolutely possible. From Computer Management expand and navigate to Users group, then in right pane right-click the local user (or create a new one), Properties, then on Member Of tab, Add, type in "administrators", check names, OK.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-15T13:08:47.76+00:00

    Sure thing, you can follow along here.

    https://woshub.com/add-domain-users-local-admin-group-gpo/

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-03-17T14:23:35.26+00:00

    Yes, you could do this with PowerShell. 

    Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "Admin02", "MicrosoftAccount\******@Outlook.com", "AzureAD\******@contoso.com", "CONTOSO\Domain Admins"

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.localaccounts/add-localgroupmember?view=powershell-5.1

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