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Control use of BitLocker on removable drives

This policy setting controls the use of BitLocker on removable data drives. This policy setting is applied when you turn on BitLocker. When this policy setting is enabled you can select property settings that control how users can configure BitLocker. Choose "Allow users to apply BitLocker protection on removable data drives" to permit the user to run the BitLocker setup wizard on a removable data drive. Choose "Allow users to suspend and decrypt BitLocker on removable data drives" to permit the user to remove BitLocker Drive encryption from the drive or suspend the encryption while maintenance is performed. Consult the BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide on Microsoft TechNet for more information on suspending BitLocker protection. If you do not configure this policy setting, users can use BitLocker on removable disk drives. If you disable this policy setting, users cannot use BitLocker on removable disk drives.

Policy Details

Policy Name
RDVConfigureBDE
Registry Key
Software\Policies\Microsoft\FVE
Value Name
RDVConfigureBDE
Supported On
At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
OMA-URI (CSP)
BitLocker/RemovableDrivesConfigureBDE
OS Build Version:10.0.22000, 10.0.19043.1202, 10.0.19042.1202, 10.0.19041.1202
CSP Version:5.0
Conflict Resolution:LastWrite
Policy State Values
Enabled: 1
Disabled: 0
Available Languages
en-us

Configuration Elements

Allow users to apply BitLocker protection on removable data drives

Type: boolean

True:1
False:0

Allow users to suspend and decrypt BitLocker protection on removable data drives

Type: boolean

True:1
False:0