Microsoft is making a big security change to Windows 11. BitLocker device encryption will soon be automatically enabled in the 24H2 version of Windows 11.

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing some Windows devices to boot into BitLocker recovery after installing last month's Windows security updates.

Various versions of Windows include the option to use BitLocker, which is Microsoft’s built-in encryption tool. What is encryption?

Microsoft warned customers this week of incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors being shown in some managed Windows environments.

If you see This PC doesn't support entering a BitLocker recovery password during startup, enable WinRE, tweak Group Policy, ...

On the other hand, Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) offers an administrative interface that users can utilize to manage BitLocker Drive Encryption.

Microsoft ’s software encryption for SSDs, BitLocker, has been found to be slowing down SSD performance by up to 45% in Windows 11 Pro. BitLocker is enabled automatically when Windows 11 Pro is ...

Windows update can trigger demand for Bitlocker key Windows updates from July have led to an increase in requests for Bitlocker keys. If you haven't backed them up, you have a problem.

If Microsoft had been planning to implement BitLocker more widely, that could explain the strict requirement for Windows 11 machines to have a TPM.

Microsoft is making BitLocker device encryption a default feature in its next major update to Windows 11. If you clean install the 24H2 version that’s rolling out in the coming months, device ...