Creating Local User Accounts on 6 Remote Computers in a Windows Workgroup

Creating Local User Accounts on 6 Remote Computers in a Windows Workgroup

In this article, we will discuss how to create local user accounts on six remote computers that are part of a Windows workgroup. This process can be automated using a simple script that prompts the user for the account details to be created.

Prerequisites

• All remote computers must be part of the same Windows workgroup.
• You must have administrative access to all remote computers.
• PowerShell remoting must be enabled on all remote computers.

Script Overview

The script we will create will prompt the user for the following details:

• The username to be created
• The password for the new user account
• The name of the remote computer where the account will be created

The script will then use the New-LocalUser cmdlet to create the new user account on the specified remote computer.

Script Details

Here is an example script that demonstrates how to create a local user account on a remote computer:

$username = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the username"
$password = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the password" -AsSecureString
$computerName = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the name of the remote computer"

$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username, $password)

Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Credential $credential -ScriptBlock {
    New-LocalUser -Name $using:username -Password $using:password
}

To create local user accounts on six remote computers, you can modify the script as follows:

$computerNames = "computer1", "computer2", "computer3", "computer4", "computer5", "computer6"

$username = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the username"
$password = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the password" -AsSecureString

$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username, $password)

foreach ($computerName in $computerNames) {
    Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computerName -Credential $credential -ScriptBlock {
        New-LocalUser -Name $using:username -Password $using:password
    }
}

In this article, we have discussed how to create local user accounts on six remote computers that are part of a Windows workgroup. We have provided a script that prompts the user for the account details and uses the New-LocalUser cmdlet to create the new user account on the specified remote computer.

References

• New-LocalUser
• Invoke-Command
• New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential