The MOVEit product family implements a complete AS1, AS2 and AS3 file transfer solution. MOVEit products can be used to send and receive files using any of these three protocols.

Different combinations of MOVEit products are required to implement the different protocols:

  • AS1: MOVEit Automation is the only MOVEit product required to implement AS1. (However, access to an email server must also be available.)
  • AS2: MOVEit Automation and MOVEit Transfer are both required to implement AS2. ( MOVEit Transfer is the MOVEit Automation AS2 server for purposes of receiving AS2 messages and MDNs.)
  • AS3: MOVEit Automation is the only MOVEit product required to implement AS3. (Access to an FTP(S) server must also be available; for security or operational reasons you may want to make this server a MOVEit Transfer FTPS server.)

There are a few unusual exceptions to these rules:

  • You can use MOVEit Transfer without MOVEit Automation to house AS3 messages and AS3 MDNs. However, MOVEit Transfer cannot encrypt, sign or verify MDN files; it simply stores, protects access to and logs access to them securely.
  • You can use MOVEit Automation without MOVEit Transfer to send files as AS2 messages if synchronous MDNs and email MDNs are the only types of MDNs ever requested. (MOVEit Automation cannot receive AS2 files or HTTP-based asynchronous MDNs without MOVEit Transfer .)

The following table summarizes the roles MOVEit products play in providing AS1, AS2 and AS3 services.

MOVEit Implementation of AS1, AS2, and AS3

AS1

AS2

AS3

File Transport

email

HTTP/HTTPS

MDN Transport

email

HTTP/HTTPS synchronous

HTTP/HTTPS asynchronous

email asynchronous

FTP/FTPS

Server required to receive files

Any email server

MOVEit Transfer

MOVEit Transfer

MOVEit Transfer

Any FTP(S) server (such as MOVEit Transfer

Server required to send files

Any email server

n/a

MOVEit Transfer

Any email server

Any FTP(S) server (such as MOVEit Transfer

Client required to receive files

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

Client required to send files

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation

MOVEit Automation