Summary
Devices that are Domain Joined (Hybrid devices) can have Local Administrator accounts added to the Administrators group using the follow instructions. A technician may do this for a user and device that have been approved to be a local administrator on their device.
Important: Before using these instructions, the user must submit a Cybersecurity Exception request. After that request has been approved, then you can follow these instructions.
How To
Task Add Local Administrator to Domain Joined device
Instructions
Step 1 - Search for or right-click on Command Prompt and choose Run as Administrator using your adm_account@usnh.edu
Step 2 - Type:
net localgroup administrators /add AD\<username>@usnh.edu
replacing <username> with the user's username.
Step 3 - Close the command prompt and reboot.
Outcome
The user should now be able to log in and be a local administrator because they are now a member of the local Administrators group.
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