Enable Administrator account

The Enable Administrator account step will ensure that the local Administrator account is enabled and configured with a password (useful for troubleshooting purposes).

The value of the AdminPassword task sequence variable will be used as the password. If this variable is not set, a default value will be retrieved.

As a best practice, Windows LAPS or similar tools should be used to reset the local Administrator account to a uniqe value that can be archived in case it is needed at a later time.

Setting the Default Administrator Password

To set the default password, you'll leverage the variable AdminPassword which must be set before the "Enable Administrator account". You can use PowerShell to set a variable, or the built in step definition Set variable. Please note, when you set a variable, it does get logged to the DeployR log. As mentioned above, ideally you'll use LAPS to manage and secure the local admin account post OSD.