Powershell windows user administration playground

users_play.ps1

$hostname = hostname   

#create new user
$comp = [adsi] "WinNT://$hostname"  
$user = $comp.Create("User", "mdn")
$user.Put("description", "$username")
$user.SetPassword("Password1")   
$user.SetInfo()   
$user.psbase.invokeset("AccountDisabled", "False")
$user.SetInfo()

#create new group
$group = $comp.Create("Group", "group1")
$group.description = "Group 1"
$group.SetInfo()
 

# users list
$comp.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' } | Format-Table Name, Description -autoSize

#group list
$comp.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'group' } | Format-Table Name, Description -autoSize


# user list
$users = $comp.psbase.Children | Where-Object { $_.psbase.schemaclassname -eq 'user' }
$users | Where-Object {$_.name -like '*mene*' } | Select-Object {$_.name}


#add user to group
# note: use hostname in path 
$admins = [adsi] "WinNT://spdpv/Administrators"
$user = [adsi] "WinNT://spdpv/mdn"
$admins.add($user.path)