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If you enable bitlocker on the hyper-V host, then the VHD(x) files are encrypted but unlocked because the host has the TPM to decode it. &nbsp;The replication then sends the data to another host and on the OTHER host it's NOT encrypted - UNLESS you have bitlocker enabled there.
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If you enable bitlocker on the hyper-V host, then the VHD(x) files are encrypted but unlocked because the host has the TPM to decode it.  The replication then sends the data to another host and on the OTHER host it's NOT encrypted - UNLESS you have bitlocker enabled there.

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For encryption to follow on replication, you'd need to encrypt the guest OS'.<br />
You need to define what you'd like to protect against, where is the attacker at?<br />
Normally, you'd encrypt both hyper-v hosts (&quot;original&quot; and replica host) and not the guests.
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For encryption to follow on replication, you'd need to encrypt the guest OS'.
You need to define what you'd like to protect against, where is the attacker at?
Normally, you'd encrypt both hyper-v hosts ("original" and replica host) and not the guests.

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I would be wanting to encrypt the User Data stored on the File Server I know. The Email I am not sure about. The Peachtree Data is in SQL and would probably need to be secure as well. All of those are on Guest machines.
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I would be wanting to encrypt the User Data stored on the File Server I know. The Email I am not sure about. The Peachtree Data is in SQL and would probably need to be secure as well. All of those are on Guest machines.

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If I cut on Bitlocker on a Host Server 2012 R2, will it encrypt the VM's? And if the VM's are encrypted does that follow them if you replicate to another server host?
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If I cut on Bitlocker on a Host Server 2012 R2, will it encrypt the VM's? And if the VM's are encrypted does that follow them if you replicate to another server host?

Will Bitlocker Encryption on a Host encrypt the VM's?

Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. In an encryption scheme, the intended communication information or message, referred to as plaintext, is encrypted using an encryption algorithm, generating ciphertext that can only be read if decrypted. For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-random encryption key generated by an algorithm. An authorized recipient can easily decrypt the message with the key provided by the originator to recipients, but not to unauthorized interceptors.

Encryption

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.