Endpoint Security Suite Pro Advanced Installation Guide v1.8

• Consider reviewing Microsoft BitLocker requirements if BitLocker is not yet deployed in your environment,
• Ensure that the PBA partition is already set up. If BitLocker Manager is installed before the PBA partition is set up, BitLocker cannot be enabled and BitLocker Manager will not be operational. See Pre-Installation Configuration to Set Up a BitLocker PBA Partition.
• The keyboard, mouse, and video components must be directly connected to the computer. Do not use a KVM switch to manage peripherals as the KVM switch can interfere with the computer's ability to properly identify hardware.
• Turn on and enable the TPM. BitLocker Manager will take ownership of the TPM and will not require a reboot. However, if a TPM ownership already exists, BitLocker Manager will begin the encryption setup process (no restart is required). The point is that the TPM must be "owned" and enabled.
• The BitLocker Manager client will use the approved AES FIPS validated algorithms if FIPS mode is enabled for the GPO security setting "System cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing" on the device and you manage that device via our product. We do not force this mode as default for BitLocker-encrypted clients because Microsoft now suggests customers not use their FIPS validated encryption due to numerous issues with application compatibility, recovery, and media encryption: http://blogs.technet.com.

BitLocker Manager Client Prerequisites

• The Endpoint Security Suite Pro master installer installs the following prerequisites if not already installed on the computer. When using the child installer, you must install these components before installing BitLocker Manager.

  Prerequisites
  Visual C++ 2012 Update 4 or later Redistributable Package (x86 and x64) Visual C++ 2015 Update 3 or later Redistributable Package (x86 and x64)

BitLocker Manager Client Operating Systems

• The following table details supported operating systems.

  Windows Operating Systems
  Windows 7 SP0-SP1: Enterprise, Ultimate (32- and 64-bit) Windows 8: Enterprise (64-bit) Windows 8.1: Enterprise Edition, Pro Edition (64-bit) Windows 10: Education, Enterprise, Pro through Creators Update (Redstone 2) Windows Server 2008 R2: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2012 R2: Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) Windows Server 2016