Connecting Automatically to preferred SSID

[gwendes]

I've pushed out our new wifi settings with a Powershell script which adds the new network and deletes the old one (which is due to be turned off) 

Only problem is that computers don't 'Connect automatically' to the new network, users need to select that toggle. Anyone know of a way to force this? 

(I can't use the GPO because WPA3 isn't supported on Server 2016)

[Chuckster]

Share your PS script so we can see what is or isn't working with it.

[gwendes]

param(
    [string]$SSID="school ssid",
    [string]$PSK="long key"
)
$guid = New-Guid
$HexArray = $ssid.ToCharArray() | foreach-object { [System.String]::Format("{0:X}", [System.Convert]::ToUInt32($_)) }
$HexSSID = $HexArray -join ""
@"
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<WLANProfile xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v1">
    <name>$($SSID)</name>
    <SSIDConfig>
        <SSID>
            <hex>$($HexSSID)</hex>
            <name>$($SSID)</name>
        </SSID>
    </SSIDConfig>
    <connectionType>ESS</connectionType>
    <connectionMode>auto</connectionMode>
    <MSM>
        <security>
            <authEncryption>
                <authentication>WPA2PSK</authentication>
                <encryption>AES</encryption>
                <useOneX>false</useOneX>
            </authEncryption>
            <sharedKey>
                <keyType>passPhrase</keyType>
                <protected>false</protected>
                <keyMaterial>$($PSK)</keyMaterial>
            </sharedKey>
        </security>
    </MSM>
    <MacRandomization xmlns="http://www.microsoft.com/networking/WLAN/profile/v3">
        <enableRandomization>false</enableRandomization>
        <randomizationSeed>1451755948</randomizationSeed>
    </MacRandomization>
</WLANProfile>
"@ | out-file "$($ENV:TEMP)\$guid.SSID"

netsh wlan add profile filename="$($ENV:TEMP)\$guid.SSID" user=all

remove-item "$($ENV:TEMP)\$guid.SSID" -Force

[mrstrong]

is the delete of old profile done somewhere else as can't see a delete in that script ?
 

could you try adding:

netsh wlan connect name="$($SSID)"

[gwendes]

Sorry, I posted my previous version, but that worked great. Thanks!