Microsoft has added new BitLocker encryption guides on its official website. These are meant to explain to users what BitLocker does and how to recover and/or back up the necessary BitLocker keys.

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 ...

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 ...

In fact, many Windows 11 users may not even realize that their PC is encrypted—nor that the recovery key is also automatically saved to your Microsoft account. That key is necessary if you ever ...

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 ...

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 .

Susan Bradley. Recovery key options. 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 ...

But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to Windows 10 using your Microsoft account, your computer automatically uploaded a copy of your recovery key — which can ...

Resulting from this issue, you might be prompted to enter the recovery key from your Microsoft account to unlock your drive." Also: Windows 11 FAQ: ZDNET's upgrade guide and everything else you ...

Microsoft has fixed a security bug that made Windows PCs boot into BitLocker recovery, instead of the regular boot-up process. BitLocker is a full disk encryption feature included with some ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing some Windows devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing last month's Windows security updates. Those affected by this are prompted to enter ...