- Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP; Windows XP 64-bit; Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2
* Client: Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, Ultimate, Windows XP Professional, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
* Server: Windows Server 2003 SP1 with Windows Deployment services (Windows DS) and Active Directory
- Microsoft Word or a Word reader is required to view the documentation.
- MMC 3.0 is required to run the Workbench and view the documentation on Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP.
Note: MMC 3.0 is included in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 and in Windows Vista.
- Windows Script Host (WSH) 5.6.
- The tools portion of BDD relies on several Windows Vista deployment tools. After installation of the BDD.msi and start-up of the BDD Workbench, the Workbench will enable the user to choose to automatically download and install the following major tools:
* Windows Automated Installation Kit
* Application Compatibility Toolkit 5.0
* User State Migration Tool 3.0
* MSXML 6.0