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 ...

Some criticism has been levelled at Microsoft for not making it clear enough that Device Encryption – the lightweight spin on BitLocker for Windows 11 Home – is enabled automatically during ...

Microsoft is bolstering security for Windows 11 users by making BitLocker encryption a default feature in the upcoming 24H2 update. This means that new devices and clean installations will ...

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Microsoft has made BitLocker encryption the default encryption service with the latest Windows 11 24H2 update. This update will also have other new features, including enhancements to Copilot+.

Device encryption is a simplified version of the BitLocker drive encryption that made its debut in ... using a Microsoft account, it is instead stored in OneDrive. This recovery key can ...

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 ...

In April 2024, Microsoft fixed another issue that triggered incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors in some managed Windows environments. The company tagged this issue in October 2023 as a ...

A recent preview build of Windows 11 makes an unwelcome change: it mandates a Microsoft account when installing even Windows 11 Professional. But not everyone wants or needs an account.

When we think about encryption for a Microsoft-based network, what generally first springs to mind is BitLocker, Microsoft’s native fixed-drive encryption software.But that highlights a tendency ...

What Microsoft did was make it so that when you first set up a new PC that has Windows 11 Home using a Microsoft account, Device Encryption is turned on by default (for the system drive only, I ...