LaRoux

I think if this was part of the Business feature list originally, it got
dropped after all of the furor over the "Private Folders" download that was
available for XP for a couple of weeks before it was removed.

I think especially in smaller businesses where the support structure may be
either non-existent or less capable, there is a fear of individuals
encrypting information and then the business having no way to access it if
the person leaves, gets hit by a truck, deletes their certificate, etc.

As another poster mentioned, it's available in the Enterprise edition which
is available to the 5+ license business. Alternatively, you can also
"Anytime Upgrade" to Ultimate where you need to have Bitlocker, which of
course will make MS happy.

"Troy (Queensland, Australia)" <Troy (Queensland,
Australia)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA7A6121-9021-4A4E-85BC-7633C6FB5E60@microsoft.com...
> My question concerns the somewhat crazy omission of bitlocker encryption
> in
> the Vista Business Edition of Windows Vista.
>
> With the majority of businesses potentially upgrading to use the new O/S
> in
> the forseeable future, I would have personally thought that businesses
> would
> have appreciated the extra security for their data that the bitlocker
> encryption system provides yet it is only available in the most expensive
> version of the O/S which isnt targeted towards the business community at
> all.
> Could someone please enlighten me as to the reasons behind this please