Can a standard Windows user account be used for privilege escalation in Ansible without adding it to the Administrator Group?

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Issue

In Ansible Core / Ansible Automation Controller jobs, I want to use a standard Windows user account without adding it to the Administrator group, for privilege escalation to a user account with administrator privileges.

Environment

  • Red Hat Ansible Core
  • Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.x
  • Microsoft Windows Server
    • Microsoft Windows Active Directory

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