To combat that, device encryption stores a recovery key. For domain accounts, the recovery key is stored in Active Directory, but in the common consumer case, using a Microsoft account, it is ...

4. Save to a Microsoft Account If you are logged in to your Windows 11 PC using your Microsoft account, BitLocker can save recovery keys to your Microsoft account in the cloud. By choosing the “Save ...

Gordon Mah Ung If you opted not to store your BitLocker key in an Microsoft account, and you lost the key—you’re out of luck. You see the problem here? If Microsoft’s vision is to put a ...

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Microsoft claims that businesses planning to use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have an easy and safe way to dispose of their hard disks. The software ...

So I can't find anything there that would seem to point at whether a key can go up to my MS account. I'm a novice in Group Policy so if I'm overlooking the obvious, please set me straight.

Device encryption is designed to improve the security of Windows machines by automatically enabling BitLocker encryption on the Windows install drive and backing up the recovery key to a Microsoft ...

Microsoft has updated one of its official guide on its website about Windows 11 and 10 recovery when a botched update breaks a PC.

For removable data drives, The BitLocker recovery password and recovery key is saved to your Microsoft Account. You can also print it.

Microsoft has acknowledged an issue affecting Windows 10 customers who have installed the KB4535680 security update that addresses a security feature bypass vulnerability in Secure Boot.