Granting Local Administrator Permissions

A local administrator is a user who is member of the local Administrators group. Any user who is a member of the local Administrators group has full access to that computer. This article describes how to grant local administrator permissions to a user in Windows Server 2003/2008.

Local User Account

This section describes how to grant local administrator permissions to a local user account.

Computer Management Shortcut1. Click Start, select Administrative Tools and click Computer Management.
Computer Management2. In Computer Management, click Local Users and Groups.
Computer Management3. In Local Users and Groups, navigate to the user you wish to grant local administrator permission.
Properties Menu4. Right click the user and click Properties.
User Properties5. Click the Member Of tab.
Member Of6. In the Member Of tab, click Add.
TODO7. In Select Groups, type in Administrators and click Check Names. Click OK when you are done. Click OK again to save the changes.

Domain User Account

This section describes how to grant local administrator permissions to a domain user account. Use this if the server is an Active Directory domain controller.

Active Directory Users and Computers Shortcut1. Click Start, select Administrative Tools and click Active Directory Users and Computers.
Active Directory Users and Computers2. In Active Directory Users and Computers, navigate to the user you want to grant local administrator permission.
User Properties Menu3. Right click the user and click Properties.
User Properties4. Click the Member Of tab.
Member Of5. In the Member Of tab, click Add.
Select Groups6. In Select Groups, type in Administrators and click Check Names. Click OK when you are done. Click OK again to save the changes.

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Thanks a lot. Can you please let me know what are the types of users account can a server have? Like admin account / domain account, etc.

If I create one domain account and provide him admin privilege. Can the user install any application like a user can do?

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