If the organization allows users to print or store recovery passwords, the users can enter in the 48-digit recovery password that they printed or stored on a USB drive or with a Microsoft account online.
The user can supply the recovery password. In a recovery scenario, the following options to restore access to the drive are available: What is BitLocker recovery?īitLocker recovery is the process by which access can be restored to a BitLocker-protected drive if the drive can't be unlocked normally. This article doesn't detail how to configure AD DS to store the BitLocker recovery information. This article assumes that it's understood how to set up AD DS to back up BitLocker recovery information automatically, and what types of recovery information are saved to AD DS.
It's recommended to create a recovery model for BitLocker while planning for BitLocker deployment. Organizations can use BitLocker recovery information saved in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to access BitLocker-protected data. This article describes how to recover BitLocker keys from AD DS.
