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Encrypting search index using EFS

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Mar 15, 20261091 views
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Is there anything wrong with encrypting the search index with EFS while letting the search service index encrypted files? I've encrypted the directory %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Search and I've added SYSTEM user by using "cipher /ADDUSER /certhash:"SYSTEMHASH" /s:thedirectory, and it looks like the SY…

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Read the reasoning for not just encrypting just the index in this TechNet page Encrypting the Index To encrypt the index file itself, we recommend that you encrypt the entire volume containing the index with BitLocker or another 3rd party full-volum…

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