Confirm-SecureBootUEFI
Confirm-SecureBootUEFI
Confirms that Secure Boot is enabled by checking the Secure Boot status on the local computer.
Syntax
Confirm-SecureBootUEFI [ <CommonParameters>]
Detailed Description
The Confirm-SecureBootUEFI cmdlet confirms that Secure Boot is enabled by checking the Secure Boot status on a UEFI computer.
If the computer supports Secure Boot and Secure Boot is enabled, then this cmdlet returns True.
If the computer supports Secure Boot and Secure Boot is disabled, then this cmdlet returns False.
If the computer does not support Secure Boot or is a BIOS (non-UEFI) computer, then this cmdlet returns an error displaying the following: Cmdlet not supported on this platform.
If Windows PowerShell® is not run in administrator mode, then this cmdlet returns an error displaying the following: Unable to set proper privileges. Access was denied.
This cmdlet requires that Windows PowerShell be run in administrator mode.
Parameters
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).
Inputs
The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.
- None
Outputs
The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.
System.Boolean
If the computer supports Secure Boot and Secure Boot is enabled, then this cmdlet returns True.
If the computer supports Secure Boot and Secure Boot is disabled, then this cmdlet returns False.
If the computer does not support Secure Boot or is a BIOS (non-UEFI) computer, then this cmdlet returns an error displaying the following:Cmdlet not supported on this platform.
Examples
EXAMPLE 1
This example checks whether or not Secure Boot is enabled on the computer.
PS C:\> Confirm-SecureBootUEFI