Remove IIS Log Files (2-2) --- Add "Log on as a batch job" Right to a user

Note: This article was published on 02/27/2025. --- This is a working note.

Although this topic is ndependent, but it was derived from the Remove IIS Log Files project. So we merge this article into the series of articles for REmove IIS Log Files.

This series of articles are to discuss a task to remove IIS Log Files. We start from doing the task manually, then make automation, and the last deploy the automation to pipelines (different servers):

• Remove IIS Log Files (1) --- Manually
• Remove IIS Log Files (2) --- Automation by Windows Task Scheduler
  • Remove IIS Log Files (2-1) --- Handle Group User Accounts 
  • Remove IIS Log Files (2-2) --- Add "Log on as a batch job" Right to a user --- this article
• Remove IIS Log Files (3) --- Deploy VBScript Automation by Pipeline
• Remove IIS Log Files (4) --- Deploy PowerShell Automation by Pipeline

Issue:

We got this error about "Log on as a batch job"

We need to Add "Log on as a batch job" right to a user.

Ask AI --- Copilot from Microsoft

Search AI for: Add "Log on as a batch job" right to a user

Search AI: open local security policy windows

Solution:

Following the second AI search, we have two ways to open a Local Security Policy window, Open Run window:

Type in: secpol.msc:

OK:

Or,  from Start => type in Local Security Policy

Local Security Policy Windows => Local Policies => User Rights Assignment => Click Log on as a batch job 

Open the Properties window => Add User or Group:

Type in the Object name:

If the group name is not you want, Click Locations button to open locatioins Window:

Switch the group name:

OK

OK