BitLocker Self-Service Recovery and Testing
The Users may view their BitLocker keys toggle in Entra Device Settings is one of those security knobs where you don’t actually know it works until you test it end-to-end…
Tag: BitLocker
Managing Device Settings in Microsoft Entra ID
Device Settings in the Microsoft Entra Admin Center is the single page where you configure how devices interact with your tenant: who can join them, how many they can have,…
Enable a Virtual TPM on a Hyper-V VM: GUI, PowerShell, and the Prerequisites
The Trusted Platform Module is the small chip on every modern motherboard that handles cryptographic operations the OS doesn’t want to do in plain memory — key generation, key storage,…
Windows Server 2022 Hardware Requirements
The minimum hardware floor for Windows Server 2022, with the technical reasoning behind each spec. CPU: 1.4 GHz x64 with DEP/NX/SLAT (use systeminfo to verify Hyper-V Requirements). RAM: 512 MB for Server Core, 2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience; ECC strongly recommended on physical hardware. Disk: 32 GB base, +4 GB for GUI; RAM > 16 GB scales pagefile.sys / hiberfil.sys / dump files (powercfg -h off reclaims hibernation space on servers that do not need it). Network: 1 Gbps PCIe-compliant Ethernet. TPM: optional in general, required for BitLocker, UEFI Secure Boot measurement, Credential Guard, and VBS - TPM 2.0 standard on modern servers. Includes the practical-vs-documented-minimum comparison table - the documented numbers are install-floors, real production sizing is several times higher on every dimension.