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Windows System Administration: Disk Management and Encryption
In this lab, you’ll practice using Server Manager to manage disks and configure BitLocker. When you’re finished, you’ll have an encrypted drive and knowledge of partitioning, formatting, and encryption processes.
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Getting Started in the Lab Environment
Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!
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Partitioning and Formatting Drives
You will use Windows Server Manager to partition and format a new drive. After creating the partition, you will format the drive with the NTFS file system and assign it a drive letter. Finally, you will verify the newly created drive in File Explorer.
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Enabling BitLocker and Configuring Recovery
You will enable BitLocker on a newly created data drive and configure recovery options. You will choose a password as the unlock method and save the recovery key. Finally, you will encrypt the drive using BitLocker.
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Testing Encryption and Decryption
You will test the encryption on your BitLocker-protected drive by locking and unlocking the drive. You will use both the password and the recovery key to unlock the encrypted drive. Finally, you will perform decryption to remove encryption from the drive.
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The Last Challenge
Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.
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