Quick commands

Add Microsoft Entra ID user to local group

Administrators

$UPN = "<yourupn>"
Add-LocalGroupMember -SID 'S-1-5-32-544' -Member "AzureAD\$UPN+

Remote Desktop Users

$UPN = "<yourupn>"
Add-LocalGroupMember -SID "S-1-5-32-555" -Member "AzureAD\$UPN"

KMS

Write KMS Server

Invoke-Expression "$env:windir\system32\cscript.exe $env:windir\system32\slmgr.vbs /skms kms.core.windows.net:1688"

Read system information

Get serial number by cmd

wmic bios get serialnumber

Read user information

Get AD group membership of user

This works on both AD joined and Microsoft Entra ID joined devices.

(New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher("(&(objectCategory=User)(samAccountName=$($env:username)))")).FindOne().GetDirectoryEntry().memberOf

Set NTP Server

This command sets the NTP server on a Windows. Multiple servers can be specified with spaces.

w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:"<ntpserverlist>" /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update