(Get-ADObject -Filter "objectClass -eq 'msFVE-RecoveryInformation'" -SearchBase (Get-ADComputer ProblemPC).DistinguishedName -Properties msFVE-RecoveryPassword).'msFVE-RecoveryPassword'
Imagine you’re a system administrator. A user’s laptop is dead—motherboard fried, SSD ripped out of its original home. The data is critical. The drive is sealed with 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption. Without the key, that SSD is a $50 paperweight.
So you open . You right-click the computer object. You look at the tabs: General, Operating System, Member Of, Delegation . Nothing says “Keys.”
Why? Because the or the AD backup happens only when:
