Group

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Group specifies the local security group to which the domain account or the security group will be added. You can add a user to multiple groups, by entering multiple group names separated by semicolons.

The Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component recognizes the following English group names and sets the appropriate localized group name, regardless of the default language of the Windows image:

  • AccountOperators
  • Administrators
  • BackupOperators
  • CryptoOperators
  • DCOMUsers
  • Guests
  • IUsers
  • NetworkConfigurationOperators
  • PerfLoggingUsers
  • PerfMonitoringUsers
  • PowerUsers
  • PrintOperators
  • RemoteDesktopUsers
  • Replicator
  • SystemOperators
  • Users

Specify the account names and group names, by using language-neutral names. The language-neutral account and group names are specified in English, for example, Administrators, Power Users, and Guest. This is required because the shell account settings are processed before a default user interface (UI) language is applied to the computer.

Values

Group_name

Specifies the local security group to which the domain account or the security group will be added. More than one group can be specified (separated by semicolons). Group_name is a string with a maximum length of 256 characters.

This string type supports empty elements.

Valid Passes

auditSystem

oobeSystem

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup | UserAccounts | DomainAccounts | DomainAccountList | DomainAccount | Group

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML examples show how to use the Group setting to add domain groups to local security groups.

Example 1:

<DomainAccounts>
   <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">
      <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
        <Group>Users</Group> 
        <Name>Domain Users</Name> 
      </DomainAccount>
   <Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain> 
   </DomainAccountList>
</DomainAccounts>

Example 2:

<DomainAccounts>
   <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">
      <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">
        <Group>Administrators</Group> 
        <Name>Domain Administrators</Name> 
      </DomainAccount>
   <Domain>FabrikamDomain</Domain> 
   </DomainAccountList>
</DomainAccounts>

See Also

Concepts

DomainAccount