Microsoft Windows 8 Encryption Beta Tool made available

Microsoft is making available new test versions of a number of its tools for Windows business users that are meant to complement Windows 8. 

The 2.0 version of the Microsoft Bitlocker Administration and Monitoring tool (MBAM) is now available. Microsoft has also released a new beta of Microsoft Advanced Group Policy Management and has also commitmented to a second beta of  User Experience Virtualisation (UE-V) (due by the end of this month), as well as a release candidate for its Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) 8, today, as well. 

These tools are all part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimisation Pack (MDOP). MDOP includes Microsoft Application Virtualisation (App-V), Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualisation (MED-V), Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM), Asset Inventory Service (AIS), Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM),  Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) and Desktop Error Monitoring (DEM).

MBAM 2.0, when used with Windows 8, will reduce the time it takes to provision BitLocker to devices. It also enables self-servicing of key provision. 

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