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# Add-RoleMember

Adds one or more Sitecore users to the specified role.

## Syntax

Add-RoleMember \[-Identity] \<AccountIdentity> -Members \<AccountIdentity\[]>

## Detailed Description

The Add-RoleMember command assigns Sitecore users as members of the specified role.

The Identity parameter specifies the Sitecore role to get. You can specify a role by its local name or fully qualified name.

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## Parameters

### -Identity \<AccountIdentity>

Specifies the Sitecore role by providing one of the following values.

```powershell
Local Name
    Example: developer
Fully Qualified Name
    Example: sitecore\developer
```

| Aliases                     |                |
| --------------------------- | -------------- |
| Required?                   | true           |
| Position?                   | 1              |
| Default Value               |                |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | true (ByValue) |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false          |

### -Members \<AccountIdentity\[]>

| Aliases                     |       |
| --------------------------- | ----- |
| Required?                   | true  |
| Position?                   | named |
| Default Value               |       |
| Accept Pipeline Input?      | false |
| Accept Wildcard Characters? | false |

## Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

* System.String

  Represents the identity of a role.

## Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

* None.

## Notes

Help Author: Adam Najmanowicz, Michael West

## Examples

### EXAMPLE 2

```powershell
PS master:\> Add-RoleMember -Identity developer -Members "michael","adam","mike"
```

### EXAMPLE 2

The following adds all users of a given domain to the Developer role.

```powershell
$users = Get-User -Filter * | Where-Object { @("ad1","ad2") -contains $_.Domain }
Add-RoleMember -Identity "sitecore\Developer" -Members $users
```

## Related Topics

* <https://github.com/SitecorePowerShell/Console/>
* [Get-RoleMember](/appendix/security/get-rolemember.md)
* [Remove-RoleMember](/appendix/security/remove-rolemember.md)