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What are the system requirements for hardware-accelerated BitLocker announced in ignite 2025?
Microsoft has recently announced hardware-accelerated Bitlocker (Ref. Link: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/announcing-hardware-accelerated-bitlocker/4474609)
I would like to know system requirements (Specifically Hardware) that supports this functionality.
The article also says below
"Coordinate with your suppliers and keep an eye on listings from us and other vendors as PCs become available on the market."
But I am unable to find any link for the listing from Microsoft.
Does it support all the devices that has TPM 2.0 or does it require any other hardware?
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Hi there!
From what I gather you will need:
1) NVMe SSD
Must be an NVMe drive (PCIe).
SATA SSDs and HDDs do not support hardware acceleration.
A Supported SoC (System on a chip) with a Hardware Crypto Engine
2) The device must have a modern SoC that includes:
A dedicated AES‑XTS‑256 hardware crypto engine
Hardware‑protected key‑wrapping (stronger than TPM alone)
Integration with Windows’ new BitLocker offload path
This is only present in newer-generation Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm platforms designed with Microsoft’s updated security architecture.
3) TPM 2.0
Still required
But not sufficient on its own — the SoC must provide additional secure hardware blocks.
Of course on top of this Windows 11.
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