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title: BitLocker deployment comparison (Windows 10)
description: This article shows the BitLocker deployment comparison chart.
ms.prod: m365-security
ms.localizationpriority: medium
author: lovina-saldanha
ms.author: v-lsaldanha
manager: dansimp
ms.collection: M365-security-compliance
ms.topic: conceptual
ms.date: 05/20/2021
ms.custom: bitlocker
---
# BitLocker deployment comparison
**Applies to**
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows Server 2016 and above
This article depicts the BitLocker deployment comparison chart.
## BitLocker deployment comparison chart
| Requirements |Microsoft Intune |Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager |Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|Minimum client operating system version |Windows 11 and Windows 10 | Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows 8.1 | Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 IoT, and Windows 11 |
|Supported Windows SKUs | Enterprise, Pro, Education | Enterprise, Pro, Education | Enterprise |
|Minimum Windows version |1909 | None | None |
|Supported domain-joined status | Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) joined, hybrid Azure AD joined | Active Directory-joined, hybrid Azure AD joined | Active Directory-joined |
|Permissions required to manage policies | Endpoint security manager or custom | Full administrator or custom | Domain Admin or Delegated GPO access |
|Cloud or on premises | Cloud | On premises | On premises |
|Server components required? | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Additional agent required? | No (device enrollment only) | Configuration Manager client | MBAM client |
|Administrative plane | Microsoft Endpoint Manager admin center | Configuration Manager console | Group Policy Management Console and MBAM sites |
|Administrative portal installation required | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Compliance reporting capabilities | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Force encryption | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Encryption for storage cards (mobile) | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | |
|Allow recovery password | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Manage startup authentication | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Select cipher strength and algorithms for fixed drives | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Select cipher strength and algorithms for removable drives | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Select cipher strength and algorithms for operating environment drives | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Standard recovery password storage location | Azure AD or Active Directory | Configuration Manager site database | MBAM database |
|Store recovery password for operating system and fixed drives to Azure AD or Active Directory | Yes (Active Directory and Azure AD) | Yes (Active Directory only) | Yes (Active Directory only) |
|Customize preboot message and recovery link | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Allow/deny key file creation | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Deny Write permission to unprotected drives | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Can be administered outside company network | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | |
|Support for organization unique IDs | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Self-service recovery | Yes (through Azure AD or Company Portal app) | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Recovery password rotation for fixed and operating environment drives | Yes (Windows 10, version 1909 and later or Windows 11) | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Wait to complete encryption until recovery information is backed up to Azure AD | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | | |
|Wait to complete encryption until recovery information is backed up to Active Directory | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Allow or deny Data Recovery Agent | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Unlock a volume using certificate with custom object identifier | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Prevent memory overwrite on restart | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Configure custom Trusted Platform Module Platform Configuration Register profiles | | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |
|Manage auto-unlock functionality | | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: | :::image type="content" source="images/yes-icon.png" alt-text="supported."::: |