Get BitLocker “Used Space Only Encrypted” value from PowerShell

Question

Dears,

I am writing a powershell script to detect which computer has  the system volume partially encrypted.

With “manage-bde –status c:”  I get the “Conversion Status” field with the value: “Used Space Only Encrypted” 

With “Get-BitLockerVolume” can’t get this “Conversion Status” field…

Only found this solution (old fashion way) but don’t like it:

[bool](manage-bde -status $ENV:SystemDrive | Select-String "Used Space Only Encrypted").Count

True = Used Space Only Encryption

 Reading the “GetConversionStatus method of the Win32_EncryptableVolume class” I couldn’t found the correct value

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secprov/getconversionstatus-win32-encryptablevolume

Neither in the “GetEncryptionMethod method of the Win32_EncryptableVolume class”, where give the same value for fully or partial encryption

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secprov/getencryptionmethod-win32-encryptablevolume

Does anyone know how to get the “Conversion Status” value from “manage-bde” in powershell (I need the object, not just text string)?

Many thanks for your time!

Answer 1

Have you tried to save the result from your command

$result = .\manage-bde.exe c: -status
#Then access the 8th element of the array. 
$result[8]
#I know you want it as an object so you can work on a script to iterate and convert the array to a hash table or PS object to access the different properties.