Overview
- Last Updated: April 6, 2022
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- MOVEit Transfer
- Version 2022
- Documentation
MOVEit Transfer provides secure at-rest and in-transit sharing and transferring of files and data. Some examples:
- Financial records, personnel files, personal data and other data with PII (personally identifiable information).
- Medical records and other data that require compliance with appropriate data security standards (like HIPAA).
- Sensitive company information or yet-to-be-classified intraoffice memos.
- Monetized content and machine learning models and...
- Any content that requires an audit trail or easy to trace chain of custody.
MOVEit securely collects, stores, manages, and distributes information within organizations, between businesses, and more...

MOVEit Transfer offers several leverage points to manage your file transfers, including:
- MOVEit Transfer. Transfer files among systems and workgroups, through shared MOVEit folders. File Transfer supports both automated transfers and manual transfers.
- MOVEit Ad Hoc Transfer. Manually exchange files and messages person-to-person, through personal MOVEit mailboxes.
- Secure Folder Sharing. Folder-level sharing extended from regular users to temp, guest, and other regular users and admins.
Ad Hoc Transfer
The Ad Hoc Transfer product provides a secure way for users to directly exchange file packages with each other. Each package typically consists of a note (a basic message) and one or more attached files. Users are set up with accounts and mailboxes where they can send and receive packages.

With Ad Hoc Transfer, users can avoid the limitations of a mail server. Large files, and multiple file attachments, can be sent quickly and securely. Senders can use a browser, a mobile app, or the Microsoft Outlook plug-in to attach files and send them to an email address.
Composing a MOVEit package with files is similar to composing an email with attachments, but for MOVEit packages, file attachments sent as part of a package are uploaded to the MOVEit server. A new package notification email is sent to the recipients.
Recipients can click on the web link in the email notification, sign on to MOVEit, view the package, and download the files. If enabled, a recipient can also reply to a package and send additional attachments, which will also be uploaded to the MOVEit server.
The organization administrator can set options that:
- Determine who can send and receive packages
- Enable unregistered users to be recipients
- Allow unregistered users to self-register and send packages
- Set user- and package-level quotas
- Set package expiration and download limits.