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.

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.

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 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. 

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.

The solution needs to have better protection and improve its pricing. 

I have been using the solution for five to ten years. 

The tool is stable. 

My company has five users. 

The solution's tech support is fast. 

Positive

The solution's setup is straightforward. We required a team of three people to manage the tool's deployment. 

The solution is expensive.

I would rate the product a ten out of ten.