Enable Bitlocker Recovery Password Viewer In Active Directory Jun 2026

He found the setting: Choose how BitLocker-protected operating system drives can be recovered.

Clicks the tab to instantly see the 48-digit password. a Red Bull

He pulled up an old KB article from 2015, the kind with yellow syntax highlighting and no images. The fix was brutal but clean: extend the schema using the BitLockerADBackup.wsf script from the Windows Server installation media. But he didn’t have the media. He had a half-dead laptop, a Red Bull, and a VP screaming into voicemail. a Red Bull

Get-ADObject -Filter ObjectClass -eq "msFVE-RecoveryInformation" -SearchBase "OU=Workstations,DC=contoso,DC=com" -Properties msFVE-RecoveryPassword | Select-Object Name, msFVE-RecoveryPassword a Red Bull

How to Enable BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer in Active Directory

To allow a specific group (e.g., "Help Desk" or "Domain Admins") to view keys: