2.8 Adding Users and Computers to a Group

Add Users to a Group

we could use the Add-ADGroupMember cmdlet to add users or computers to a group.

to add a user named “Ammar Saber” with SamAccountName of (ammar.saber) to a group named “IT-Support”:

Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "IT-Support" -Members "ammar.saber"

Note: you could add multiple users or computers to a group by separating them with a comma.

to list all the members of that group:

Get-ADGroupMember -Identity "IT-Support"

To add a user to multiple groups at once, run the following script.

"IT-Support","Quality" | Add-ADGroupMember -Members (Read-Host -Prompt "Enter User Name")

Add Users from a CSV File

you can also add users from a CSV file using the following script:

Import-Csv C:\Users\domain-admin\Desktop\users.csv | ForEach-Object { Add-AdGroupMember -Identity "IT-Support" -Members $_.users -Verbose }

file content:

If you want to copy all members from “IT-Support” group to “IT-Admins” group, run the following script:

Get-ADGroupMember "IT-Support" | Get-ADUser | ForEach-Object {Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "IT-Admins" -Members $_}

Add Computers to a Group

you will use the same cmdlet to add computers to a group.

Add-ADGroupMember -Identity "IT-Support" -Members WS-IT-01$

Don’t forget to add the $ at the end of the computer name.