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Check if a user is a member of a group
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# Create a Windows Identity Principal (note the cast)
$principal = [Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal](new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity("<username>@<domain>"))
# Check if it is a member of a group
$princial.IsInRole("<domain>\<group name>")
# Other useful things you can do:
$identity = (new-object System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity("<username>@<domain>"))
# Token size
$identity.Token
# Groups
$identity.Groups
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