• FDCC Major Version 1.0 Downloads - 2008-06-20
• FDCC Reporting Information
• In support of the OMB Memoranda
• Additional NIST Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs - 2008-01-28
• NIST Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs - 2007-07-31
• FDCC Implementers Workshop
  Workshop Presentations - 2008-02-03
  Workshop Agenda - 2008-02-03
  
• Third Annual Security Automation Conference Presentations - 2007-10-04
• Federal CIO Council 1 August 2007 FDCC Technical Exchange - 2007-10-30
• Please read the Download FAQs to resolve issues with downloading, logging on, and activating Windows Vista - 2007-08-20

FDCC News

2008-06-20
Major Version 1.0 of FDCC released.

2008-05-01
FDCC Proposed Updates Beta 2 Content and May Change List posted.

2008-04-18
FDCC 2008 Q2 XP and Vista VHDs posted.

2008-03-21
FDCC Proposed Updates Page posted.

2008-03-21
FDCC Reporting Page posted.

2008-02-26
Minor update made to FDCC Reporting Format - update pertains to the Schematron Stylesheet, please reference the changelog for details.

2008-02-15
Released the 2008 Q1 Revised GPOs. Also updated the FDCC Documentation, new version is 1-0-2.

2008-02-03
Add two links to the FDCC Implementers Workshop.

2007-12-07
Post the new FDCC freqently asked questions to augment the existing FDCC FAQs.
Add a link to the March 20, 2007 Memo for CIOs.

In Support of the OMB Memoranda

Under the direction of OMB and in collaboration with DHS, DISA, NSA, USAF, and Microsoft, NIST has provided the following resources to help agencies test, implement, and deploy the Microsoft Windows XP and Vista Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) baseline.

• Technical FAQs for FDCC baseline
• FDCC draft documentation, group policy objects (GPOs), Microsoft virtual hard disks (VHDs), and security content automation protocol (SCAP) content

The VHDs and GPOs should only be used for testing purposes and should not be deployed in an operational environment without extensive testing.

Comments and questions may be addressed to fdcc@nist.gov.