PowerShell 5.1 (shipping with Windows 10 and Server 2016) can now natively manage local accounts. In the previous tip you learned how to use Get-LocalUser.
To explore other cmdlets for local account management, here is how you identify the module that exposes Get-LocalUser, and then list other cmdlets provided by that module:
#requires -Modules Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts # find module that defines this cmdlet $module = Get-Command -Name Get-LocalUser | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Source # list all cmdlets defined by this module Get-Command -Module $module
As it turns out, there is a whole bunch of new management cmdlets:
CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Cmdlet Add-LocalGroupMember 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Disable-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Enable-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Get-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Get-LocalGroupMember 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Get-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet New-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet New-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Remove-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Remove-LocalGroupMember 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Remove-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Rename-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Rename-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Set-LocalGroup 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts Cmdlet Set-LocalUser 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts
