Clear a Dell Hard Drive Password with PowerShell and ConfigMgr

<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Clears the internal drive (HDD) password on a Dell PC with the Dell Command | PowerShell Provider.
.DESCRIPTION
    Loads the DellBIOSProvider module (installed, or shipped in a folder next to this script), checks
    whether a drive password is actually set, and clears it. The current drive password comes in as a
    SecureString, or is read at runtime from a Configuration Manager task sequence variable, so it
    never has to be written into the script or the package.
    Exit codes: 0 = cleared, not set, or not a Dell; 1 = the BIOS refused the change;
    2 = provider module missing; 3 = no password supplied.
.PARAMETER CurrentPassword
    The drive password that's set today.
.PARAMETER PasswordVariable
    Task sequence variable to read the password from when -CurrentPassword isn't given.
.EXAMPLE
    .\Clear-DellHddPassword.ps1 -CurrentPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString 'Current HDD password')
.EXAMPLE
    .\Clear-DellHddPassword.ps1 -PasswordVariable BIOSHddPassword -WhatIf
#>
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess)]
param(
    [securestring]$CurrentPassword,
    [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()][string]$PasswordVariable = 'BIOSHddPassword'
)

function Get-TSSecret {
    param([string]$Name)
    # Only exists inside a running task sequence. Anywhere else, quietly return nothing.
    try { $ts = New-Object -ComObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment -ErrorAction Stop } catch { return $null }
    $value = $ts.Value($Name)
    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($value)) { return $null }
    ConvertTo-SecureString -String $value -AsPlainText -Force
}

function Import-DellProvider {
    if (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name DellBIOSProvider) { Import-Module DellBIOSProvider -ErrorAction Stop; return }
    # Fall back to a copy shipped in the package (Save-Module puts it in a version subfolder).
    $bundled = Get-ChildItem -Path (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'DellBIOSProvider') -Filter 'DellBIOSProvider.psd1' -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -First 1
    if ($bundled) { Import-Module $bundled.FullName -ErrorAction Stop; return }
    throw 'DellBIOSProvider not found. Install it, or copy the module folder into the package next to this script.'
}

$result = [ordered]@{ ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME; Setting = 'HDDPassword'; Status = ''; Detail = '' }
$exitCode = 0

$manufacturer = (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ComputerSystem).Manufacturer
if ($manufacturer -notlike 'Dell*') {
    $result.Status = 'NotApplicable'; $result.Detail = "Manufacturer is '$manufacturer'."
    [pscustomobject]$result; exit 0
}

try { Import-DellProvider }
catch { $result.Status = 'Failed'; $result.Detail = $_.Exception.Message; [pscustomobject]$result; exit 2 }

$isSet = (Get-Item -Path 'DellSmbios:\Security\IsHDDPasswordSet' -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue).CurrentValue
Write-Verbose "IsHDDPasswordSet reports '$isSet'"
if ("$isSet" -eq 'False') {
    $result.Status = 'NotSet'; $result.Detail = 'No drive password to clear.'
    [pscustomobject]$result; exit 0
}

if (-not $CurrentPassword) { $CurrentPassword = Get-TSSecret -Name $PasswordVariable }
if (-not $CurrentPassword) {
    $result.Status = 'Failed'; $result.Detail = "No password given and task sequence variable '$PasswordVariable' is empty or unavailable."
    [pscustomobject]$result; exit 3
}

if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($env:COMPUTERNAME, 'Clear the internal drive (HDD) password')) {
    # The provider wants a plain string. Decrypt at the last possible moment and drop it right after.
    $plain = [System.Net.NetworkCredential]::new('', $CurrentPassword).Password
    try {
        Set-Item -Path 'DellSmbios:\Security\HDDPassword' -Value '' -Password $plain -ErrorAction Stop
        $result.Status = 'Cleared'
    }
    catch {
        $result.Status = 'Failed'; $result.Detail = $_.Exception.Message; $exitCode = 1
    }
    finally {
        $plain = $null
    }
}
else {
    $result.Status = 'WhatIf'
}

[pscustomobject]$result
exit $exitCode