How To Find Bitlocker Recovery Key In Active Directory [upd]

If you are on a legacy system or cannot use PowerShell, you can use the command line tool dsquery .

If you follow these steps and the tab is empty or PowerShell returns nothing, one of the following scenarios is likely: how to find bitlocker recovery key in active directory

Before you begin, ensure you have the following: If you are on a legacy system or

If you cannot see the BitLocker Recovery tab in ADUC, it is likely due to one of the following: In ADUC, right-click the or a specific container

This is the most common graphical method for retrieving a key for a specific computer.

If you only have the Recovery ID and don't know which computer it belongs to, use the search tool. In ADUC, right-click the or a specific container. Select Find BitLocker Recovery Password .

$recoveryID = "12345678" # First 8 digits from user's screen Get-ADObject -Filter "objectClass -eq 'msFVE-RecoveryInformation'" -Properties msFVE-RecoveryPassword | Where-Object $_.Name -like "*$recoveryID*" | Select-Object Name, msFVE-RecoveryPassword