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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.
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 6: View recovery information

Part 6 of 7 explains how to view the BitLocker Recovery Password in Active Directory, how to access TPM...
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 5: BitLocker to Go

BitLocker To Go is used to encrypt removable data drives such as flash drives. Part 5 in this series...
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 4: Encrypting hard disks

This post in our Active Directory for BitLocker series explains how to encrypt operating system drives and hard disk...
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 3: Group Policy settings

Part 3 in this series covers best practices for configuring BitLocker for Active Directory through Group Policy.
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 2: Schema update, ACE settings, Password Recovery Viewer

Part 2 in this series about BitLocker and Active Directory explains how to update the Active Directory Schema, how...
Active Directory and BitLocker – Part 1: Introduction

This tutorial in seven parts describes in detail how to configure Active Directory for BitLocker and gives valuable best...
Unlock BitLocker under Windows PE

In this article, you will learn how to create a Windows PE 3.0 installation that you can use to...