The rain hadn’t stopped for three days. It tapped against the data center windows like a nervous finger, matching the rhythm of Leo’s headache. He’d been on the phone with the VP of Sales for two hours—a man whose laptop had decided, at 11 PM on a Friday, that its TPM was a stranger.
You must install this feature on the server (or client machine with RSAT installed) that you use to manage Active Directory. The rain hadn’t stopped for three days
Leo had tried the usual tricks. Checked BitLocker in the control panel. Looked for the USB key in the corporate safe. Called the help desk. Nothing. You must install this feature on the server
Click . A system restart is required to complete the installation. Method 2: Using PowerShell (Fastest) Looked for the USB key in the corporate safe
“You’re a god,” the VP said, and hung up.
Alex applied the GPO to an Organizational Unit (OU) and ran gpupdate /force on a test machine. To ensure a machine that was already encrypted sent its key to AD, Alex used a quick PowerShell command: Backup-BitLockerKeyProtector -MountPoint "C:" -KeyProtectorId (Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint "C:").KeyProtector[1].KeyProtectorId . 4. The Happy Ending: Finding the Key Now, when a user calls for help, Alex simply: Opens . Right-clicks the computer object and selects Properties .