Add a user to a SharePoint group using PowerShell

June 23, 2013 · by dave.webb · in PowerShell, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013

It’s fairly easy to add a user to a SharePoint group using the New-SPUser command. All you need to know is the URL of the site, the name of the user and the group they are to become a member of. I used the command below to add a domain user account to the WebbWorld Portal Owners group: