The VP’s laptop chimed. The lock screen dissolved. Windows booted.
cscript BitLockerADBackup.wsf /schema The command prompt blinked. Then: Schema extension completed successfully. The VP’s laptop chimed
Leo copied it, dialed the VP, and read it out in a flat monotone. cscript BitLockerADBackup
He closed his laptop, walked to his car, and drove home. The BitLocker recovery password viewer in Active Directory wasn’t just enabled now. It was ready. And next time a VP called on a Friday night, the answer would take thirty seconds, not three hours. He closed his laptop, walked to his car, and drove home
He set the second dropdown to Store recovery passwords and key packages . Then, in the field below, he typed a name for the AD container: BitLockerRecovery .
“You’re a god,” the VP said, and hung up.
Get-ADObject -Filter ObjectClass -eq "msFVE-RecoveryInformation" -SearchBase "DC=contoso,DC=com" Zero results. Of course.