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Federal Desktop Core Configuration
FDCC

 

FDCC News

2009-04-13
A new FDCC FAQ has been released. All previous FDCC FAQ pages have been combined into this centralized FAQ. From this point forward all FAQ updates will appear in this new FAQ.


2009-04-08
FDCC Major Version 1.2.x.0 SCAP Content released.

The FDCC settings have not changed. The update includes a number of corrections in the SCAP content. A detailed listing of the changes is available. This release also includes updated FDCC settings documentation, as well as the 2009 Q1 VHDs and GPOs.


2008-12-03
FDCC OVAL 5.3 patch content updated.

2008-10-31
FDCC Major Version 1.1 SCAP Content released.

The FDCC settings have not changed. The update includes a number of corrections in the SCAP content, as well as full support for OVAL 5.3 and 5.4. A detailed listing of the changes is available.

2008-10-30
2008 Q4 VHDs released. No settings have changed in this release. The FDCC VHDs expire after 90 days and must be re-released.

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.




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