bbPress as a Plugin
After completing a site refresh (updated theme, use of custom post type for our portfolio/products), I also decided to migrate from the standalone version of bbPress to the new bbPress plugin. Everything went smoothly and I plan to spend some time customizing the layouts after I read more about best practices. All our forums got imported and are still available at: http://jzelazny.wpengine.com/forums. Watch for some upcoming posts on how to customize this new version of bbPress.