Get BitLocker Keys Using PowerShell
Microsoft is increasingly pushing BitLocker encryption onto new devices. Do you know your BitLocker recovery passwords (keys)?
Restore Server to Desktop – 2021 Edition
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Restore Server – 2020 Edition
I try to do a server restore test once a year. Previous tests are blogged in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (which includes 2018). This year I …
BitLocker Failure with Hyper-V after May 2019 Updates
A week ago, on my Server 2016 Hyper-V host, after installing the May 14, 2019 Cumulative Update (KB4494440) and restarting, I got BitLocker error 0xc0210000, “A required file couldn’t be …
BitLocker Wizard Initialization Has Failed
After installing Server 2016 updates and rebooting a couple days ago, BitLocker came up in a suspended state for drive C:. When I clicked on Resume protection, I got this …
Restore Server to Desktop – 2017 Edition
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 3
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Restore Server 2012 R2 to a ThinkCentre M93p Desktop, Take 2
Time for my annual test of restoring a server to a desktop. This year is almost identical to last year, but I want to have one list of steps, so …
Save BitLocker Keys in Active Directory
One of the risks of activating encryption on a hard drive is that you’ll lose the password. It turns out to be pretty simple to save and view BitLocker passwords …
Set Up a Lenovo TS140 with an eDrive SSD
Here’s how I set up a new Lenovo TS140 Server with eDrive enabled on a Samsung 840 EVO SSD. eDrive will be managed by BitLocker under Server 2012 R2.