Good Day

I am trying to implement bitlocker on the surface pro and I have been reading up on forums and articles relating to this but the problem I have is that when the surface pro is undocked then the keyboard or touch will not work but if the surface pro is docked then the keyboard will work perfectly.

I have set the bitlocker settings in the gpedit.msc to "TPM required with startup key" and I have not allowed the startup PIN.

Is there something I am missing????

The keyboard icon also does not appear as described in the second article.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a3e1af05-a6ba-4b74-92dd-a8a49be6acb1/bitlocker-support-for-win-81-touch-tablets-using-onscreen-soft-keyboard-only?forum=w8itprosecurity

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/07/14/bitlocker-pin-on-surface-pro-3-and-other-tablets.aspx

Thanks

Marty

See if the following thread helps:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfpro-surfhardware/how-to-enable-bitlocker-on-the-surfacepro-windows/2398b22c-3670-44e5-a23e-d73ade4cec87

Hi,

Regarding to question related to hardware on surface pro, Id suggest that we post at Surface Pro forum. There you can get more effective suggestion by other experts who familiar with design of Surface. Your understanding is highly appreciated.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface

Regards,

D. Wu

Hi,

Regarding to question might related to hardware on surface pro, Id suggest that we post at Surface Pro forum. There you can get more effective suggestion by other experts who familiar with design of Surface. Your understanding is highly appreciated.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface

Regards,

The group policy youre looking for is Enable use of Bitlocker authentication requiring preboot keyboard input on slates. This is mentioned in the second link you referenced: Bitlocker PIN on Surface Pro 3 and Other Tablets from the Ask PFE Platforms blog.

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
Windows for IT Pros on TechNet

• Proposed as answer by schnappi2 17 hours 12 minutes ago

User above is correct.

The group policy youre looking for is Enable use of Bitlocker authentication requiring preboot keyboard input on slates. This is mentioned in the second link you referenced: Bitlocker PIN on Surface Pro 3 and Other Tablets from the Ask PFE Platforms blog.

Brandon
Windows Outreach Team- IT Pro
Windows for IT Pros on TechNet

• Proposed as answer by schnappi2 Wednesday, July 08, 2015 2:12 PM