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New-CMEnhancedPIN

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Module:
ConfigurationManager

Create a policy to configure whether BitLocker can use enhanced startup PINs.

Syntax

New-CMEnhancedPIN
   [-PolicyState <State>]
   [-RequireAsciiOnlyPin]
   [-DisableWildcardHandling]
   [-ForceWildcardHandling]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Create a policy to configure whether BitLocker can use enhanced startup PINs. Enhanced startup PINs permit the use of characters including uppercase and lowercase letters, symbols, numbers, and spaces. This policy setting is applied when you turn on BitLocker.

Not all computers support enhanced PINs in the pre-boot environment. Before you enable this policy, evaluate if your devices are compatible with it. Use the -RequireAsciiOnlyPin parameter to help make enhanced PINs more compatible with computers that limit the type or number of characters that you can enter in the pre-boot environment.

Examples

Example 1: New default enabled policy

This example creates a policy that's enabled to allow enhanced PINs for startup.

New-CMEnhancedPIN -PolicyState Enabled

Example 2: New enabled policy with ASCII-only PIN

This example creates a policy that's enabled but restricts PINs to the ASCII character set.

New-CMEnhancedPIN -PolicyState Enabled -RequireAsciiOnlyPin

Parameters

-DisableWildcardHandling

This parameter treats wildcard characters as literal character values. You can't combine it with ForceWildcardHandling.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ForceWildcardHandling

This parameter processes wildcard characters and may lead to unexpected behavior (not recommended). You can't combine it with DisableWildcardHandling.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-PolicyState

Use this parameter to configure the policy.

  • Enabled: If you enable this policy, all new BitLocker startup PINs will be enhanced PINs.

  • Disabled or NotConfigured: If you disable or don't configure this policy, BitLocker won't use enhanced PINs.

Type:State
Accepted values:Enabled, Disabled, NotConfigured
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-RequireAsciiOnlyPin

Use this parameter to help make enhanced PINs more compatible with computers that limit the type or number of characters that you can enter in the pre-boot environment.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

None

Outputs

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.AdminConsole.BitlockerManagement.PolicyObject