Microsoft BitLocker Reviews

Bitlocker has its good points, mainly that its included in Windows and it encrypts an entire drive, regardless of the type of drive or its location (internal or external) in the system. Bitlocker also works with TPM keys and chips to add a hardware component to the encryption.

Any software encryption will take up additional space on your hard drive or storage device, and Bitlocker is no exception. Also, Bitlocker is only available on Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise editions, not Professional which most small and medium business users use.

From my own personal experience, Bitlocker is one of the easier ways to encrypt a drive. The inclusion of TPM and hardware support is a definite plus, as it allows it to work with smart cards and PIV cards from a government perspective.

Our primary use case for BitLocker is full-disk encryption.

It is not good for cross-compatibility, so our Mac users are not able to use it.

The support for Linux and Macs is really the only thing that we are missing.

We have been using Microsoft BitLocker for approximately three years.

BitLocker is completely stable.

This product is scalable, aside from the cross-compatibility issues. We have approximately 800 users.

I have not been in contact with technical support.

Prior to using BitLocker, we used PGP (Pretty Good Privacy). We switched because BitLocker was free, being included with Windows, and it had better support.

We do not have any additional staff to maintain this product. It's just within our normal IT staff's responsibilities.

BitLocker is included in our license and doesn't cost us anything extra.

This product is good for our Windows machines and I can recommend it to others. That said, our continued use of it is going to be reviewed.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

On-premises

1. Very easy to use. It can be done in a few steps in a wizard. 2. It is a free product that comes with Microsoft Windows. 3. It encrypts your whole drive, no matter if it is external or internal. 4. Recovery files can either be saved to a drive or printed to a paper.

1. It is available for Microsoft Windows Ultimate and Enterprise editions only. 2. It takes a long time to encrypt and decrypt a drive.Bitlocker is a very user friendly tool, which can encrypt our data within a few clicks. There is no hard work to do. Because of that, I prefer to use it. It has no big steps and is also a very light tool. A major thing is that it is a free tool that comes with Microsoft Windows.

As a student, I use flash drives frequently. Sometimes my colleagues borrow my flash and could potentially delete my important data. By encrypting my flash drive, I can avoid it. However, there are still a few problems with it. It comes only with the windows Ultimate and Enterprise editions, so the users who use other editions cannot use this tool. It takes a long time to encrypt a drive.

We use the solution for disk encryption only.

The disk encryption is the most valuable aspect of the solution for our organization. It's the only feature we really use. 

There's a lot of manageability within the solution. This is very helpful.

For our company's needs, the solution works very well.

From a retail standpoint, in terms of Microsoft licensing, you need to purchase an enterprise-level version of the licensing tool to get the level of manageability that's needed. However, this is only offered to very large enterprises.

The solution should offer encryption for other items such as shared folders, removable media, etc.

The solution should recreate the key when Windows is upgraded to a newer version.

I've been using the solution for a few years.

The solution is quite stable. Our organization hasn't faced any stability issues while using the product. There haven't been crashes, bugs or glitches. It's quite reliable.

The solution is scalable. We have around ten thousand users on it. Of those, ten are group policy administrators.

We have professional services with Microsoft and they help us if we have some problems. The Microsoft team, in general, have been very good in the past. With BitLocker, however, there hasn't been a need to reach out just yet.

We're just a Microsoft customer. We don't have any specific relationship with the company.

Due to security concerns and company policy, we only ever use on-premises solutions.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we are using.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

On-premises

1. It is integrated with the hardware, via use of TPM
2. It is also integrated with the Windows operating system and thus:
3. It is free!

Protects employee and enterprise data in case of loss of a laptop. Fills in part of an enterprise-wide security strategy.

Remote management (e.g., enable/disable, reset, etc.) of PIN codes and recovery keys would be a nice feature.

I've used this solution for more than five years.

No, very few issues.

No, it is a very light feature towards infrastructure requirements. Having an AD infrastructure is sufficient.

Good.

No.

Engineering and testing took about 10 days and was medium level complexity.

It is free.

No. Other options would introduce a licensing cost, extra infrastructure, and operational procedures, so in general, more costly.

It is enhanced in Windows 10, supports PIN self-service and better encryption methods.

Start experimenting in the lab to understand the hardware integration (TPM), encryption methods and (optional) PIN management.

Fix your solution before rolling out, because changing parameters (like encryption) on computers where BitLocker is active is a heavy process in terms of time (decrypt/change/encrypt, etc.).

Preventing data loss in stolen/lost laptops was the primary reason we went for it. It does its job adequately.

Whole disk encryption was what was required from us. Microsoft BitLocker has executed it with minimal effort.

• Easy to implement

• AD integration

• It is a totally free solution.

• It is tightly integrated with Windows

More customization options would have been nice, such as password selection, actions when the screen is locked, etc.

One to three years.

We provide services for our clients but not for BitLocker specifically. We are a local MSP partner, so we sell different solutions but we also manage existing customers and the products they use. Our clients' primary use case is for endpoint protection. 

The most important aspect of this solution is that if your laptop gets stolen, the information is encrypted. 

I have been using Microsoft BitLocker for seven months. 

We haven't needed to contact customer support. 

We have our own in-house team for maintenance. 

I would recommend BitLocker only because of the economic side, not the technical side. If the features were included in the already existing licenses I would use it. If not, I would recommend other products.

I would recommend Webroot because it's easier to maintain and report. 

I would rate BitLocker a five out of ten. 

BitLocker is more for big customers with everything in one console. 

On-premises