Thunderbird msi installer package
I'm not aware of a .msi for Thunderbird, but rather than installing by hand, you could roll out WPKG via AD, then use it to roll out Thunderbird.
Here's how to create Thunderbird.msi and Firefox.msi with WiX:
http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/msi_firefox_wix.html
http://www.klaus-hartnegg.de/gpo/msi_thunderbird.html
Mozilla is now providing a Windows MSI 64-bit Package:
- https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/all/
To retrieve the latest Thunderbird release use the following url. See README.txt for other languages.
- https://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-msi-latest-ssl&os=win64&lang=en-US