SOLVED: How to Determine Bitlocker Status

If you are encrypting a disk with Bitlocker, you will likely find CONTROL PANEL > BITLOCKER DRIVE ENCRYPTION to be a bit… simple.  Fortunately you can just run MANAGE-BDE -STATUS C: in a CMD window and it will tell you the:

• BitLocker Version
• Status
• Percent Complete
• Encryption Method
• and more