Microsoft BitLocker Reviews

I use it to store sensitive information in vaults.

For the usage that I described, it was rather limited, however, it seemed easy, straightforward, and secure. I have found it beneficial for my organization to store sensitive information in vaults, which is helpful for our purposes.

The overall company should improve its billing support. My experience with the billing system at Microsoft was very frustrating. It took me about five months to solve a simple issue.

I have been using it for about three years.

There have been no stability issues.

I have experienced scalability issues.

Microsoft's customer service is pretty good. I am a Microsoft partner and have consulting hours with them. Their replies are good, and when I needed it, I got the solution, so I have nothing to add.

Neutral

Internally, I use LastPass.

I have not seen a return on investment yet.

Not right now. However, I know that I made the comparison, and it was more expensive.

I felt it was too expensive for the service that I required. From what I see, I would rate it as a seven out of ten.

We use Microsoft BitLocker for our endpoints, including laptops.

Instead of integrating with a third party, Microsoft BitLocker should have its own mechanism to safeguard the systems when they are not accessible for a long time.

Our organization has been using Microsoft BitLocker for a long time, and we have been solutioning it for the last three to four years.

We get immediate responses from the technical support team, and we haven't seen anything getting escalated. The support team should provide quick, permanent solutions.

Positive

The solution’s pricing is reasonable.

I would recommend the solution to other users. Nowadays, data is key to any company, and safeguarding data is the top priority. I would recommend that organizations use Microsoft BitLocker encryption to protect their data.

Microsoft BitLocker's recovery options have improved greatly over the last five to ten years. The solution's recovery works faster and does not cause too much downtime for the end user.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

1. Bitlocker is easy to use. You start the wizard by right-clicking the drive and selecting “Turn on Bitlocker”. 2. Bitlocker encrypts the content of any drive and makes your data secure and safe. 3. The option of using either strong passphrase or smartcard to encrypt/decrypt the drive bring flexibility in terms of choice 4. Bitlocker recovery key can either be printed and stored in a secure place or stored in a drive. 5. In a Windows server environment, the combination of Bitlocker and Group Policy enforces the encryption of removable drives across the network. 6. It is free to Windows users provided your OS supports it.

1. Although, drive encryption could be running in the background, it took a long time to encrypt a drive. 2. Bitlocker is available to Windows Ultimate / Enterprise edition only. Other edition of Windows should enjoy this facility My job functions involve writing scripts that I mostly apply to client’s computers both standalone and networked. I store most of these scripts in a flash drive to reduce the task of writing it at the client end. My major challenge was in securing the flash drive. In the past I had a case where a staff member wiped most of his important files, by unknowingly clicking on one of the scripts in the flash drive he collected from me. This incident almost caused me to lose my job.

In order to avoid such an experience in the future, I was forced to search for a free tool that would help me encrypt my drive. Bitlocker was all we needed. To be sincere, I am not disappointed deploying the tool. All my drives are now encrypted. There is no fear of losing my job as a result of unauthorized access to my flash drives, and any other drives. Bitlocker also enabled us to encrypt the drive hosting the operating systems of our mobile users. All that the PC needs, is to be Trusted Platform Module (TPM) compliant, or rather, have a USB stick that contains the keys. This provides additional security to the systems.

We used Microsoft BitLocker to protect our laptops from theft. We have auditors that come and check to see the security of our systems and with this solution we are secure.

The solution could improve by having a centralized GUI for management.

I used Microsoft BitLocker within the past 12 months.

Microsoft BitLocker is stable.

I have a very small project and I implemented Microsoft BitLocker using GPO. Previously, we deploy Microsoft BitLocker using MBAM.

You can do a silent remote deployment very fast.

Microsoft BitLocker is a free feature when you are using Microsoft solutions.

I could advise any company to then deploy Microsoft BitLocker, first of all, because the product is free and the end user's computer performance is not affected. There are some products that when you install it on the end user's system, their system can become very slow.

I rate Microsoft BitLocker an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is data encryption and protection.

The price of this solution should be more competitive.

The first level of technical support needs to be improved.

We have been using the Microsoft OS at the endpoints for five years.

We have not seen any bugs or glitches, so the stability is good.

The scalability is good. We have approximately 500 users in a variety of roles and positions.

We have been in touch with technical support many times and we are not satisfied, to be honest. Their first-level support is pathetic. The people at the first level of support refer you to articles that do not pertain to the problem at hand.

When it comes to level-two and level-three support, it is good.

We have also used a similar solution by Kaspersky.

The suitability of this solution depends on the feature requirements of the organization and what they are looking for.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

On-premises

Protect corporate data on devices (Laptops, Desktops, Tablets).
every week 100's of corporate devices lost just at airports and every device got personal/corporate data, its very important to protect such data from unauthorised use, hence is the solution to implement Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM)

I delivered three projects where the business does not have any encryption mechanism in place if the company or an employee lost any of the device, there are chances someone could view sensitive data. After the Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) implementation, in such cases, any unauthorised person will not be able to access the data.

If you already have older version of MBAM in place, there is an option to move existing keys over to new server which is great.

All keys stored centerally in database (SQL), option to have PIN / Enhanced PIN / USB Drives.

Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) is one of the best solution available in the marekt to protect corporate data

More than five years.

Since it is a Microsoft product, there are no compatibility issues. Once planned well, it is a straightforward implementation.

No issues.

There is not much support unless a business has got a Premier support contract in place.

MBAM is the only solution that I have used for encryption.

You need to know the technical aspects and have a good understanding of Microsoft Client/Server OS. If you know that, then yes, it is pretty straightforward.

Well worth and perfect solution specially align with GDPR.

It is part of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) and economical compare to similar products.

No, we do not.

Look at TechNet for relevant documentation and test many times before implementing in your production environment.

All of our hard drives are BitLocker-protected, and we use only protected USB sticks. We have no right to put unprotected USB sticks in our work notebooks, we must install password locks on the device and for notebook usage. I don't have any special knowledge or experience with such encryption, but I know that all of my hard drives are secure.

We use Microsoft BitLocker for security. If I lose my work computer or it is stolen, no one will be able to read the files on my hard drive.

I have a unique password.

The most valuable feature of this solution is the protection and ease of use. 

All I have to do is enter my password and create passwords for my USB sticks.

I don't see where any improvements in this software are needed, because I'm not sure what else we can use. The functionality is straightforward.

Some of the technical internal functions, such as encryption protocols or something similar, could be improved. But it makes no difference in terms of functionality for us or users.

I am not sure how long this solution was used before me, but I've been with the company for three years. 

I have been working with Microsoft BitLocker for almost three years.

I am not aware of the version we are using, I would have to consult with our system administrator.

I know we use some public clouds, but I'm not sure where the server for host encryption software is located.

I am aware that the solution works and is configured by a centralized server. I don't have to do anything with it. It would be a concern for our system administrators.

It's very scalable and doesn't have to be done manually because of the centralized tool for administration.

We have some experience with complete data protection and endpoint encryption, but we are using standard features like Windows, and Bitdefender.

The initial setup is very simple. I would rate it a five out of five.

We evaluated, and use Microsoft BitLocker and McAfee Complete Data Protection, but our primary software tool is Microsoft BitLocker.

Microsoft BitLocker is a good solution.

I would rate Microsoft BitLocker a ten out of ten.

Public Cloud

We use the product for data protection. 

The tool's most valuable feature is its ability to label data. 

While it helps mitigate unauthorized data access by enhancing file and system protection through encryption, the tool is really enhanced with the combination of other Microsoft Security and Compliance features like data labeling.

Microsoft BitLocker needs to be an all-inclusive solution. For example, a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) cryptoprocessor is required to use Bitlocker with your computer which keeps Bitlocker from adoption beyond Windows.

I have been working with the product for three years. 

I rate the product's stability a nine out of ten. 

We have 400 users for Microsoft BitLocker. I rate the tool's scalability a nine out of ten. 

I rate Microsoft BitLocker's deployment a seven out of ten. It is straightforward and is a matter of following guidance. You need three to four resources to handle the tool's deployment. Deployment takes around a week and a half to complete. 

Microsoft BitLocker's pricing is fair; I rate it a four out of ten. 

I rate the product a nine out of ten.