A small business owner who uses Windows 11 Pro, though, could use Bitlocker device encryption to remotely lock down a laptop carrying sensitive data that's gone missing. Neither is available on Windows 11 Home, and both are a bit much for the average home PC user. The two big ones to know about are Bitlocker device encryption and Windows Information Protection. Windows 11 Pro offers you more robust security tools, including BitLocker drive encryption. Note that if you want to upgrade from Windows 11 Home to Windows 11 Pro, Microsoft will charge you $99 for the privilege. OS-level warnings and safeguards against bad actors (viruses, ransomware, etc.)Ĭan lock down device remotely so thieves can't access it or your dataĪ system for remotely managing and safeguarding systems and software against attack and prevent data leaks. Windows Security can flag downloaded apps that are potentially dangerousĭashboard for managing Windows security settings Optional device-level encryption on supported PCs Location tracking tools for laptop, stylus, etc Safeguard against bad apps/code loading during Windows startup Tools to manage screen time, mature content access, etc. Developers and people who need Remote Desktop do need Windows 10 Pro, but they are also a small group of users by comparison.Biometric login via fingerprint or face recognition The takeaway is this: regular consumers rarely need "Pro" features, and they still get disk encryption and lots of security options. That lets the encryption recovery key to sync to your Microsoft account so that you can decrypt it if you ever need to (or the system is locked).Ĭonsumers also get Windows Information Protection, Windows Hello support, Trusted Boot, and the Windows Device Health Attestation service (opens in new tab).īitLocker in Windows 10 Pro is disk encryption but much more including letting companies configure which encryption algorithm to use and most importantly Remote Server Administration so that departments can manage PCs and security.
The catch? You need to sign in with your Microsoft Account, which is something Windows 10 prompts you to do during the out-of-box-experience.
The feature requires TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module ) and InstantGo, both of which are found on modern Surfaces. That means for Surface Go, Surface Pro 6, and Surface Laptop 2 the system encrypts the main drive automatically.
Since Windows 8.1 Microsoft includes BitLocker Drive Encryption (or just Windows Drive Encryption) for the primary internal drive. BitLocker here causes the most confusion as many people think that it means that Windows 10 Home does not encrypt your drive, which is a huge security vulnerability were you to lose your laptop or Surface.
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