Create standard user and enable PS Remoting in AWS UserData

aws-userdata-new-user-psremoting-enabled.ps1

<powershell>
Enable-PSRemoting -force
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\MaxTimeoutms 1800000
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Service\AllowRemoteAccess $true
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Service\Auth\Basic $true
Set-item WSMan:\localhost\Service\AllowUnencrypted $true

$computername = $env:computername   # place computername here for remote access
$username = 'AdminAccount1'
$password = 'topSecret@99'
$desc = 'Automatically created local admin account'


$computer = [ADSI]"WinNT://$computername,computer"
$user = $computer.Create("user", $username)
$user.SetPassword($password)
$user.Setinfo()
$user.description = $desc
$user.setinfo()
$user.UserFlags = 65536
$user.SetInfo()
$group = [ADSI]("WinNT://$computername/administrators,group")
$group.add("WinNT://$username,user")
</powershell>

Stolen carte-blanche from http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2011/09/12/creating-local-admins.aspx