All BitLocker keys associated with your account are stored there, and you can access them by logging in to the recovery site. Step 1: Navigate to the Microsoft Bitlocker recovery page .

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 ...

For a personal Microsoft account, that shortcut goes directly to the page containing recovery keys. On a business account, click "Manage devices" and expand the menu for the device you're trying ...

If you haven’t noticed BitLocker on your new computer it may be because, well, you skipped creating a Microsoft account and used a local account. If you did that, BitLocker is not turned on.

It may be true that Microsoft has the decryption keys to your encrypted hard disk if you bought a PC with Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 preinstalled, if it supports device encryption (we still come ...

If you don’t know the recovery key, you can find it in your Microsoft Account or your Azure Active Directory Account. If BitLocker keeps asking for Recovery key at startup even after multiple ...

If you’ve ever added a Microsoft account to a Surface device and then run into a recovery problem, you know that a Surface device automatically backs up the BitLocker recovery key to the ...

Microsoft automatically encrypts your new Windows device and stores the Windows 11/10 Device Encryption Key on OneDrive, when you sign in using your Microsoft Account. This post talks of why ...

If you have compatible hardware and you choose to log in with a Microsoft account (as both Windows 8 and Windows 10 want you to do), a copy of your recovery key is stored on Microsoft's servers.

In August 2024, Microsoft fixed another issue that triggered BitLocker recovery prompts on Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems after installing the July 2024 Windows security updates.