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Bitlocker and TPM
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Craig Molnar
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Reputation point
We bought a server, installed Windows 2019 Standard. Realized we wanted to Bitlocker it, and bought a TPM. We installed the TPM chip, made sure it showed up with get-tpm (as shown). We then added the Bitlocker Feature to the server and rebooted.
I don't understand why Bitlocker is asking for a Password or a Smartcard, when attempting to encrypt a volume?? Shouldn't that all be handled on the TPM?
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MTG 1,201 Reputation points2022-03-02T14:49:47.373+00:00 The TPM protector cannot be used on non-OS-drives. That is normal and expected behavior.
On those, you need to set up a password 1st but afterwards, you can enable auto-unlock on it in case c: is encrypted as well.
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