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Mohamed Faizal EPG SG
Microsoft
Oct 27, 2016Shielded VM's
Does it support other HSM (eg. Thales) for shielded VM's or is Bitlocker our only option?
Nir Ben Zvi
Apr 22, 2017Former Employee
Shielded VM supports HSM connected to the Host Guardian Service. The
Shielded VM itself is encrypted using BitLocker with a key that reside
inside a virtual TPM. The virtual TPM is then encrypted with a key that
can only be unlocked by the Host Guardian Service key The Host Guardian
Service key in turn can reside in an HSM so you have a chain of keys
that is rooted in the HSM