STEP 2 - Follow the wizard installation steps. STEP 1 - On the Windows taskbar select Server Manager and choose Add Roles and Features to open the wizard. Perform the following steps to enable BitLocker feature and utilize BitLocker Recovery Key storing feature. BitLocker DisabledīitLocker is disabled in Server OS computers by default. The subsequently mentioned are a few issues you might encounter while enabling BitLocker on a Windows machine. However, you can manually enable BitLocker to initiate encryption. Windows 7 Vista Ultimate and Enterprise editionsīitLocker feature is not automatically enabled on computers.Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions.Windows 8.1 Pro and Enterprise editions.Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, Education editions.Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, Education editions.Outlined below are Windows versions with BitLocker support: BitLocker pre-requisites are a set of criteria a computer must adhere to, before deploying a BitLocker policy to initiate encryption.īitLocker is unavailable in certain versions of Windows Operating System.
