Microsoft warns of incorrect BitLocker encryption errors

Microsoft warned clients this week of incorrect BitLocker drive encryption errors being proven in some managed Home windows environments.

In response to Redmond, this recognized difficulty impacts solely shopper platforms, together with Home windows 11 21H2/22H2, Home windows 10 21H2/22H2, and Home windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019.

The problem additionally solely impacts environments the place drive encryption is enforced for OS and glued drives.

Microsoft says Intune, its cloud-based unified endpoint administration service, is likely one of the MDM platforms affected by the recognized difficulty. Nonetheless, it has not revealed what different MDM apps present these inaccurate BitLocker errors.

‘Utilizing the FixedDrivesEncryptionType or SystemDrivesEncryptionType coverage settings within the BitLocker configuration service supplier (CSP) node in cell system administration (MDM) apps may incorrectly present a 65000 error within the ‘Require Gadget Encryption’ setting for some units in your setting,” the corporate said on the Home windows Well being dashboard.

“Affected environments are these with the ‘Implement drive encryption kind on working system drives’ or ‘Implement drive encryption on fastened drives’ insurance policies set to enabled and choosing both ‘full encryption’ or ‘used area solely’.”

Only a reporting difficulty ready for a repair

Microsoft additionally clarified that this difficulty is brought on by a reporting downside, and it doesn’t influence drive encryption or the reporting of different system issues, together with different BitLocker issues on MDM-enrolled Home windows units. 

To handle this, admins can allow the “not configured” setting for the “Implement drive encryption kind on working system drives” or “Implement drive encryption on fastened drives” insurance policies in Microsoft Intune.

The corporate added that it is actively engaged on resolving the problem and can present extra particulars with an upcoming replace.

Earlier this 12 months, Redmond fastened a recognized difficulty impacting WSUS (Home windows Server Replace Companies) servers upgraded to Home windows Server 2022, which induced them to stop pushing Windows 11 22H2 updates to enterprise endpoints.

The identical month, it fastened one other bug causing video recording and playing failures in apps utilizing the WVC1 codec on Home windows 10 and Home windows 11 methods.