SP 1 for System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 will be available on December 8th 2008. Along with the roll up update this release enhances many of the core features of DPM 2007. The key among them being

1. Protection of Hyper-V? virtualization platforms
2. Enhanced SQL Server 2008 protection
3. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
4. Protection for Exchange Server 2007 Standby Cluster Replication (SCR)

In addition to enhancing the protection of each of the core Microsoft application workloads, additional capabilities have also been introduced with the release of DPM 2007 SP1, such as:

1. Provision for a Client DPML answers customer demand for a more cost-effective way to protect Windows XP and Windows Vista clients using the same DPM 2007 infrastructure that protects their servers
2. Disaster Recovery capabilities within DPM 2007 SP1 now include the ability to leverage a 3rd party vaulting partner via the cloud (SaaS) powered by Iron Mountain.