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 ...

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 .

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 ...

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 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 ...

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.

Since Windows 11 24H2, Device Encryption automatically turns on when you clean install and sign in with a Microsoft account. This only affects fresh installs or new PCs with 24H2 preinstalled—not ...

After installing Windows 11, many users usually start using the system without checking important default settings. While the ...

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.