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Microsoft Windows technology for full disk(volume) encryption.

BitLocker is a full disk encryption feature that adds a layer of security to storage devices to protect data and sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. BitLocker is available in the Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Operating Systems as well as Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Operating Systems.

Features include:

  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Ability to encrypt Removable storage devices
  • AES 128-bit encryption
  • Group Policy and Active Directory integration
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Accidentally cleared TPM on BitLocked computer

One of my technicians was supposed to image a computer that has BitLocker enabled. He didn't know the access pin and instead inserted a Dell boot disk to do a soft-restore (keeping all of the clients files and resting windows). There was a warning…
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Group policy setting to prevent asking user where to store recovery key

Win10 PCs, 2012R2 domain I'm rolling out bitlocker to clients and I'm trying to restrict the options in the bitlocker wizard as much as possible. I do need users to run the wizard so they can set a pin, but I don't want users to be prompted…
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Bitlocker decryption trouble

today I started the procedure to access a bitlocker encypted data storage hard disk. At first I unlocked it and then I turned off bitlocker. The turning off took some time, but it ended without any error. The result is that the hard drive seems…
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Bitlocker not turning on: Windows 7 U 64bit

I am running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit with TPM 1.2. I originally had BitLocker turned ON with my C drive encrypted. I unfortunately had to reimage my system, load the image back up and try to turn BitLocker back ON. When I press "Turn On…
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List of computers with BitLocker recovery keys

We are in the process of removing old computer accounts that are in AD, where the account password is older than 60 days (currently there's over 15,000 accounts that fall into this bucket). To get this list, I've ran this simple dsquery statement to…
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How to deploy Bitlocker via WDS

Let's say I have a notebook without anything, no software, no operating system. Now I want to install Windows (with some programs) from my WDS. Which works just fine, but how do I tell Windows to autmomatically encrypt the hard drive via Bitlocker…
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Unable to perform enable-bitlocker and lock-bitlocker successively

I am trying to enable bitlocker on windows server 2012 R2 data volume using following command: Enable-BitLocker -MountPoint $volume -Password ($password | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force) -PasswordProtector After this I am trying to lock…
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Setting up Bitlocker on a VNX5300 Network Access Storage ( NAS )

Whether it is possible to have Bitlocker ( Windows 2008 Server - Encryption ) enabled on NAS Storage Server which is access by multiple users ? We are using VNX 5300 NAS Storage.
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Data security for PII

I have a question regarding data security. I have an application that dumps a flat Excel file on a Windows server from an SAP database. The file is edited, then the application writes the edited data back to SAP transactionally. While under normal…
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Why Bitlocker in Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 doesn't support iSCSI drives?

As far as I know Bitlocker in Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 doesn't support iSCSI drives (but version included in Server 2012/Windows 8 does). Why it is so?
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How to use Bitlocker encryption with Windows Server 2008R2 native disk backup

I'm looking to use BitLocker encryption on my backup disks, used with the native Windows Server backup feature, in 2008R2 server. I'm using BitLocker on all the drives in the system, but the backup drive is not visible in Windows Explorer (which I…
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Problems enabling BitLocker on Windows 7 enterprise

I had BitLocker turned on originally when I loaded the computer but had to turn it off to do some testing. I recently tried to turn it back on and I continue to get the following error: A required TPM measurement is missing. If there is a…
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Is Bitlocker automatic unlock not safe?

I don't get how "automatically unlock" Bitlocker feature works on Windows 10. I have a main SSD with OS installed in it that's encrypted with bitlocker and another drive encrypted with bitlocker that automatically unlocks itself at boot. I read in…
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Do i need to encrypt the OS drive with Bitlocker if i store data only on a second different drive in the same PC?

I have a PC with two drives in it. One is used for OS and programs only and the other one is used to store data. I want to encrypt my data to prevent the PC to be stolen and for the thieves to eventually use it at their will (not sure but a SATA…
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Server 22, GPO & Bitlocker

I am having similar issues to this Bitlocker GPO automatic? However mine is not permissions based. It does not matter what user I log in as normal user to domain admin. RSOP shows the policies applied, GroupPolicy operational log shows they…
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