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Manage BitLocker centrally with AppTec360 EMM

AppTec360 Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is not only suitable for managing mobile devices but also PCs. For PCs, the...
Save and access the BitLocker recovery key in the Microsoft account

Microsoft offers several options for storing the recovery key when activating BitLocker. Traditionally, you could print it out or...
Common BitLocker errors

In my previous post, I explained how to enable BitLocker with PowerShell and how to unlock, suspend, resume, and...
Enable BitLocker for Windows 10 and Windows 11 with Intune on multiple computers

This post explains how you can enable BitLocker for Windows 10 and Windows 11 with Intune on multiple computers...
Unlock, suspend, resume, and disable BitLocker with PowerShell

In my last post, I outlined how you can enable BitLocker with PowerShell and manage key protectors. Today, I...
Enable BitLocker with PowerShell

BitLocker is a volume encryption technology that was first introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Like other...
Unlock BitLocker drives using recovery agents

If a user can no longer access an encrypted drive, for example because they have forgotten the password, then...
Issue certificates for BitLocker recovery agents

BitLocker supports several mechanisms to unlock an encrypted drive. These include recovery agents, whose certificate can be used to...
BitLocker To Go: USB drive cannot be encrypted

If you want to encrypt a USB drive with BitLocker To Go, it might happen that the command to...
BitLocker To Go: Configure USB drive encryption with Group Policy

If companies want to prevent data leakage, then they should pay special attention to removable drives. If a USB...
Hacking BitLocker and how to prevent unauthorized access to protected drives

Whether you’re looking to recover a lost BitLocker recovery password, recover data from a BitLocker-encrypted drive, determine if BitLocker...
Configure and enable BitLocker on Windows Server

BitLocker isn’t just a feature for Windows desktop, laptop, and tablet computers. It’s also available for Windows Server as...
Do I need a BitLocker PIN?

Do you really need a BitLocker PIN? The answer to this question depends on whether you are using Windows...
How to disable BitLocker with Group Policy

By default, you can’t prevent users from encrypting fixed data drives with BitLocker. However, a few tricks exist that...
MDOP 2014 brings upgrades to App-V and BitLocker management

Microsoft has updated the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. The 2014 update brings improvements to App-V and some big changes...
MBAM 2.0 – BitLocker Administration and Monitoring changes in Windows 8

With the many improvements to BitLocker in Windows 8, Microsoft further lowers the bar of using BitLocker. For centralized...
BitLocker in Windows 8

BitLocker was first introduced with Windows Vista. Since then, Microsoft has continually added more features. This article will tell...
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP): BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)

This article, the fifth of seven in a series covering the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), will detail the...
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 7: Tips and troubleshooting

This last part in this series gives you some valuable tips when running BitLocker in an Active Directory environment.