| Applicable use cases | Home users, small business, remote or unmanaged users | Small to large organizations | Medium to large organizations | Medium to large organizations | Medium organizations | Small to large organizations | Medium to large organizations | Medium to large organizations |
| Updating Windows Vista PCs (Stand-alone Installation) |
| Supports stand-alone installation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No
(not recommended as a package outside the OS image) | No
(not recommended as a package outside the OS image) | No
(not recommended as a package outside the OS image) |
| Date available to support stand-alone service pack installation | Ready | Ready* | Ready* | Ready* | Ready* | NA | NA | NA |
| Package size | X86: 65MB
X64: 125MB | X86: 65 MB to 662 MB*
X64: 125 MB to 982 MB* | X86: 436 MB to 662 MB
X64: 725 MB to 982 MB | X86: 436 MB to 662 MB
X64: 725 MB to 982 MB | X86: 436 MB to 662 MB
X64: 725 MB to 982 MB | NA | NA | NA |
| Fully unattended installation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | NA | NA | NA |
| Destination computer disk space requirements | X86: 1170 MB
X64: 1505 MB | X86: 1170 MB
X64: 1505 MB | X86: 2515 MB to 5445 MB
X64: 4105 MB to 7840 MB | X86: 2515 MB to 5445 MB
X64: 4105 MB to 7840 MB | X86: 2515 MB to 5445 MB
X64: 4105 MB to 7840 MB | NA | NA | NA |
| Installing a Complete Windows Vista SP1 Operating System (Integrated Installation) |
| Supports operating system image installation | No | No | Yes | Yes
(with OS Deployment Feature Pack) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Date available to support SP1 integrated image installation | NA | NA | Within 45 days of SP1 release | Within 45 days of SP1 release | NA | Released. Download the Automated Installation Kit for SP1 | Released Download MDT 2008 | Released DownloadBDD 2007Update 2 |
| Windows Vista SP1 compressed image size | NA | NA | >3 GB | >3 GB | NA | >3 GB | >3 GB | >3 GB |
| Destination computer disk space requirements | NA | NA | | | NA | 15 GB | 15 GB | 15 GB |