Internal SSD turned into External SSD locked by BitLocker

[Windows Server]

I recently removed my Surface Book 2 SSD to use as an external hard drive. I forgot to unencrypt it. I had backed up the recovery key to my one-drive, but I get the error message "The key does not match this drive". I confirmed the drive was correct using the manage-bde command prompts. I used all of the manage-bde commands as an administrator. None work. I had Windows 11 Pro - upgraded from Windows 10 Pro on the Surface, Windows 11 Pro updated from Windows 11 home on new laptop.

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