Monitor Bitlocker Status using SCCM Bitlocker Report

If you’ve been using BitLocker in your organization, you probably receive some requests from your security department to monitor the status of a device if it gets stolen. There’s a couple of ways to achieve this.

#1 – MBAM

The first and recommended one would be to use Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM). However, this tool is not free, you need to have Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP). Microsoft has also announced that the actual MBAM 2.5 version is getting deprecated soon (Extended support on July 2019). So we’ll skip this one for now.

#2 – Configuration baseline

The second solution would be to use a configuration baseline in SCCM to monitor BitLocker and report the configuration baseline status using a report. This is a good solution but you’ll need to create a baseline based on a script and deploy it to all your computers. If you’re not familiar with configuration baseline and want a quicker, simplier solution, keep reading.

#3 – SCCM Bitlocker Report

The last solution would be to use a built-in SCCM Bitlocker report… but there’s none. The good news is that we’ve created one for you and giving it for free just because we think you’re awesome!

There’s 2 small thing to do before you can use the free report. You need to enable Bitlocker inventory classes in your Hardware inventory. If your inventory is already configured for Bitlocker, jump to the download section.

HOW TO ENABLE Bitlocker INVENTORY

Select the Client Settings that apply to your bitlocker collection. In our example, we’ll use the Default Client Setting but we reccomend that you use a custom one.

• Open the SCCM Console
• Go to Administration / Client Settings
• Right-Click your Default Client Setting, select Properties

• Click on Hardware Inventory
• Click on Set Classes

• Ensure that Bitlocker (Win32_EncryptableVolume) is enable

• Ensure that both TPM (Win32_Tpm) and TPM Status (SMS_TPM) classes are also enabled

• Close the Hardware inventory class window by clicking ok.

Bitlocker Inventory Verification

Now that our classes are enabled, trigger a Machine Policy Retrieval & Evaluation Cycle (to have the latest Client Settings) followed by an Hardware inventory Cycle on a computer that has Bitlocker enabled. Once the inventory is completed, check the inventory using Resource Explorer :

• In the SCCM Console
• Right-Click your device, select Start / Resource Explorer
• Confirm that you have Bitlocker listed

Free SCCM Bitlocker Report

Now that you’ve confirmed that the inventory is working, the last thing you need to do is :

• Download the RDL File from our product page | Asset – Bitlocker Status
• Upload the report to your Reporting Point and change the data source
• Run the report

You can download this free report by visiting our product page. The Asset – Bitlocker Status report is available in the Report / Asset Section.

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