Vista - does Vista Business have bitlocker?

one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
else I see says it is only in Ultimate .

"bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .

No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.

Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.

-Michael

The lack of BitLocker in the Business edition strikes me as a poor
business decision, as well. Do you know what MS's rationale was, by any
chance?

MICHAEL wrote:
>
> "bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message
> newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
>> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
>> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .
>
> No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
> that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.
>
> Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.
>
> -Michael

To further set apart the Ultimate version from the others.
To add an additional reason why businesses should get
the Enterprise version.

Mo money. It's always about the money.

-Michael

"Daze N. Knights" <Daze@microchip.com> wrote in message
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> The lack of BitLocker in the Business edition strikes me as a poor business decision, as
> well. Do you know what MS's rationale was, by any chance?
>
> MICHAEL wrote:
>>
>> "bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
>>> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
>>> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .
>>
>> No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
>> that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.
>>
>> Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.
>>
>> -Michael

I agree. It is supposed to protect laptop users in particular. At least
that's the example all the presenters use in the webcasts about it. They
use the "stolen laptop at the airport" example like a poster child for
Bitlocker. So who uses a laptop with important company data on it and isn't
using Business?

"MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
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>
> "bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message
> newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
>> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
>> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .
>
> No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
> that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.
>
> Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.
>
> -Michael

Maybe the feeling is that they should be using Enterprise.

"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I agree. It is supposed to protect laptop users in particular. At least
>that's the example all the presenters use in the webcasts about it. They
>use the "stolen laptop at the airport" example like a poster child for
>Bitlocker. So who uses a laptop with important company data on it and
>isn't using Business?
>
> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
> news:%23jeADbIRHHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
>>> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
>>> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .
>>
>> No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
>> that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.
>>
>> Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.
>>
>> -Michael
>

Marketing needed items to further differentiate between editions in order to
justify the pricing ladder. So you don't get Bitlocker in Business and you
don't get CompletePC Backup in the home versions and so on. All nonsense to
the user, at least it is to me.

"LaRoux" <hlx@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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> Maybe the feeling is that they should be using Enterprise.
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:847FF008-DB61-49ED-8F85-CD70D3AC6F93@microsoft.com...
>>I agree. It is supposed to protect laptop users in particular. At least
>>that's the example all the presenters use in the webcasts about it. They
>>use the "stolen laptop at the airport" example like a poster child for
>>Bitlocker. So who uses a laptop with important company data on it and
>>isn't using Business?
>>
>> "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr@dslr.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23jeADbIRHHA.4404@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "bp" <6ball@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> newsmnur2l8v68hedbcogbiisr6rh78h7hmcq@4ax.com...
>>>> one MS web site says it is in Ultimate and Business but everything
>>>> else I see says it is only in Ultimate .
>>>
>>> No, Business does not have BitLocker. I think it
>>> that is a bad decision on Microsoft's part.
>>>
>>> Only Ultimate and Enterprise do.
>>>
>>> -Michael
>>
>
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