Applying Azure Disk Encryption to a Windows Virtual Machine

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Applying Azure Disk Encryption to a Windows Virtual Machine

You are working on securing your Windows Server virtual machines by encrypting their disks with Azure Disk Encryption. To do this, in this hands-on lab, you will be deploying an Azure Key Vault and an Azure Key Vault key to be used for the encryption key.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 23, 2025

Duration

45m

Challenge

Enable Disk Encryption
- Enable disk encryption for the virtual machine on its OS and data disks. In the Access Configuration tab, make sure to check *Azure Disk Encryption for volume encryption.
Challenge

Deploy Azure Key Vault
- Create an Azure Key Vault.
  
  Configure an access policy to allow Key Vault to encrypt VM disks.
- Create a Key Vault key.
Challenge

Confirm Encryption Has Been Applied
- Log in to the virtual machine.
- Confirm that BitLocker has been enabled.

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