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Although users generally shouldn\u2019t have administrator rights on their machines, IT administrators may need to grant those rights temporarily as a last resort. Users might need to download applications, add a printer, or take other administrative actions on a short-term basis. There are several ways to give a remote user admin rights on their Windows\u00ae<\/sup> machine, though some are more secure and more efficient than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant Admin Rights on Individual Machine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One way to give a user admin rights is to do so locally on the machine itself. By logging in as an admin, you can then navigate to the local users and groups and grant admin rights there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this option is not ideal in a remote work scenario or when you\u2019re managing machines in bulk, and it requires you to navigate into the same menu to revoke admin rights when they\u2019re no longer needed. There are more systematic ways to grant and revoke user admin rights at scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active Directory\u2019s Restricted Groups GPO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another way to give a user admin rights, if you\u2019re an Active Directory\u00ae<\/sup> admin, is to use AD\u2019s GPO for restricted groups<\/a>. You can apply the policy to the OU that contains the target workstations and add the group of users you want to have admin rights. You can then remove the users from the group when they no longer need those rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although this option is more efficient and secure than accessing each individual machine, it comes with its own set of risks \u2014 namely the complexity of rolling out GPOs<\/a> and understanding their inheritance order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This approach will also require manual configuration<\/a>, and you\u2019ll want to test extensively and understand the changes thoroughly before rolling them out to your organization. You might also face difficulties if remote users don\u2019t regularly connect to the internal network and therefore don\u2019t get the updated GPO. However, with advance testing and planning, this option is more feasible to manage admin rights on remote machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remote, Cross-Platform System Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another approach to consider is to integrate a cloud directory service into your stack to achieve remote system management capabilities. Modern cloud directory services can accommodate not only Windows but also macOS\u00ae<\/sup> and Linux\u00ae<\/sup> machines \u2014 and they allow for entirely remote, cloud-based management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such solution is JumpCloud\u00ae<\/sup> Directory-as-a-Service\u00ae<\/sup>. JumpCloud can serve either as a standalone directory service in the cloud or as a comprehensive Active Directory identity bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With JumpCloud, admins can create local accounts on Windows machines, bind those accounts to individual users, and control whether those users have admin rights from a central web-based Admin Portal. Admins don\u2019t need to access the individual machines, and changes to user admin rights are reflected quickly on machines without further action needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manage & Monitor Systems from the Cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

With JumpCloud\u2019s system management solution in place, admins can take further actions to provide remote support<\/a> for their systems via preconfigured, GPO-like Policies and a web-based command runner. They can also monitor key data points<\/a> such as installed OS and patches, all local accounts, and memory, storage, and CPU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here to learn more about cross-OS system management<\/a> entirely from the cloud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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