
In a recovery scenario, you have the following options to restore access to the drive: What is BitLocker recovery?īitLocker recovery is the process by which you can restore access to a BitLocker-protected drive in the event that you cannot unlock the drive normally. This article does not detail how to configure AD DS to store the BitLocker recovery information. This article assumes that you understand how to set up AD DS to back up BitLocker recovery information automatically, and what types of recovery information are saved to AD DS. Creating a recovery model for BitLocker while you are planning your BitLocker deployment is recommended. Organizations can use BitLocker recovery information saved in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to access BitLocker-protected data. This topic for IT professionals describes how to recover BitLocker keys from AD DS.


In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 ways to find, retrieve and recover the BitLocker recovery key for Surface Pro tablet.

When they start the recovery process, the Bitlocker recovery key ID for operating system drive is displayed on the BitLocker recovery screen. For BitLocker encrypted computers a volume that cannot be accessed any more can be recovered via the BitLocker recovery key ID.
