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Get-LocalGroupMember

Get-LocalGroupMember [-Group*] <LocalGroup> [[-Member] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-LocalGroupMember [-Name*] <String> [[-Member] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
Get-LocalGroupMember [-SID*] <SecurityIdentifier> [[-Member] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

The Get-LocalGroupMember cmdlet gets members from a local group.

Parameters

-Group <LocalGroup>

  • This value is required
  • Default value is None
  • Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName

Specifies the security group from which this cmdlet gets members.

-Member <String>

  • Default value is None
  • Accepts pipeline input False

Specifies a user or group that this cmdlet gets from a security group. You can specify users or groups by name or security ID (SID). Specify SID strings in S-R-I-S-S . . . format. You can use wildcard characters. If you do not specify this parameter, the cmdlet gets all members of the group.

-Name <String>

  • This value is required
  • Default value is None
  • Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName

Specifies the name of the security group from which this cmdlet gets members.

-SID <SecurityIdentifier>

  • This value is required
  • Default value is None
  • Accepts pipeline input ByPropertyName

Specifies the security ID of the security group from which this cmdlet gets members.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Inputs
System.Management.Automation.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalGroup, System.String,
System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier You can pipe a local group, a string, or a SID to this cmdlet.
Outputs
Microsoft.SecurityAccountsManager.LocalPrincipal
This cmdlet returns local principals.
Examples
  1. Get all members of the Administrators group: 
    PS C:\> Get-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators"

   ObjectClass Name                    PrincipalSource
   ----------- ----                    ---------------
   User        CONTOSOPC\Administrator Local
   User        CONTOSOPC\LocalAdmin    Local

    This command gets all the members of the local Administrators group.

Additional Notes
 The PrincipalSource property is a property on LocalUser , LocalGroup , and LocalPrincipal * objects that 
 describes the source of the object. The possible sources are as follows:

 - Local

 - Active Directory

 - Azure Active Directory group

 - Microsoft Account PrincipalSource is supported only by Windows 10, Windows Server 2016, and later versions 
 of the Windows operating system. For earlier versions, the property is blank.

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