How do I roll out BIOS passwords properly across a laptop fleet?

Setting BIOS passwords by hand per device is error-prone and does not scale. Dell, HP and Lenovo offer vendor tools that let you push and rotate the password centrally via script or MDM.

Try this first

1. 1Decide between a unique password per device or one fleet-wide password. Unique is safer but needs a password vault (Bitwarden Business, 1Password Business, KeePassXC) tied to the serial.
2. 2Dell: Dell Command Configure or the cctk CLI. From Intune or GPO run `cctk --setuppwd=NEW --valsetuppwd=OLD` as a post-deployment script. Rotate via a PowerShell runbook every 6 or 12 months.
3. 3HP: HP BIOS Configuration Utility (BCU) with a signed BIOS password file. Generate per device or fleet-wide with `BiosConfigUtility64.exe /setconfig` and ship via Intune Win32 app or Configuration Manager.
4. 4Lenovo: ThinkBIOSConfig.hta or the Lenovo Vantage MDM extension via Intune. From ThinkPad platforms 2022 onwards you can set the supervisor password through WMI without reboot.
5. 5Record in your register which password belongs to which serial, with the last rotation date. On a defect or recovery the vendor will ask first. Without it you cannot even open your own devices.

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