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Easier Deployment and Management of BitLocker
In Windows 7, we enhanced core BitLocker functionality in many ways. One improvement is the ability
to right-click a drive to enable BitLocker protection. With Windows Vista, if you deploy BitLocker after
the operating system is installed, you may have to repartition the hard disk drive on each worker’s PC to
create the second, hidden boot partition required by BitLocker. Windows 7 creates that second partition
automatically upon installation, which makes deploying BitLocker much easier.
Based on your requests, we’ve also added Data Recovery Agent (DRA) support for all protected volumes.
In Windows Vista, you have to maintain a unique recovery key for each BitLocker-encrypted volume. With
DRA support, you can dictate that all BitLocker-protected volumes (operating system, xed data, and the
new removable volumes) are encrypted with an appropriate DRA, so you get a single key with which to
recover data on any BitLocker-encrypted volume.
Note: For more information on this feature, please see the “Windows 7 for You” section of this document.
Managing BitLocker To Go
Misplaced USB drives often go
unreported—or even unnoticed. Yet
prohibiting the use of USB storage
devices is often impractical. Employ-
ees have valid business reasons to
store data on removable USB stor-
age devices—from sharing large
les with a trusted partner to taking
work home.
With BitLocker To Go, you get more
control over how removable storage devices can be used and
the strength of protection required. Now you can require data
protection for writing to any removable storage device while
still allowing unprotected storage devices to be used in a read-
only mode. You can also use Group Policy to require strong
passwords or a smart card for protected removable storage
devices. Additionally, BitLocker To Go provides con gurable
read-only support for removable devices on older versions of
Windows, so that users running Windows 7 can share BitLocker-
protected les with people who are still running Windows Vista
and Windows XP.
Note: For more information on this feature, please see the “Windows 7 for You”
section of this document.
Windows 7 for IT Pros:
Manage Risk Through Enhanced Security and Control
Protect Data on PCs and Devices
BitLocker To Go