MOVEit Transfer provides secure at-rest and in-transit sharing and transferring of files and data. An administrator can manage read, write, and update permissions for files, data, and attachments.
Note: For guest and temporary users, administrators and default site polices can limit the period of time files, data, and attachments can be downloaded or viewed. The most common time limit for viewing or downloading is 30 days. Limits can also be enforced for how many times a file or attachment can be downloaded.
.Some examples of files, data, attachments managed by MOVEit Transfer include:
  • 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.
Important: MOVEit Transfer is available both as a hosted service and on-premise server. MOVEit Transfer users can transfer, view, and share files through web browsers, mobile devices, a desktop drag-and-drop point, email clients, and more.

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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.

User Access (Client, Browser, API)

Whenever you need to perform transfers manually, you can easily access MOVEit in a web browser, on mobile devices, and even within your desktop email client:

  • MOVEit Web Interface – A full-size web browser is all you need to quickly, easily, and securely exchange files with MOVEit Transfer over encrypted connections using the HTTP over SSL (HTTPS) protocol.
  • MOVEit Client – Multi-platform, lightweight, native desktop secure file and package transfer client.
  • MOVEit REST API – Programmatic access to MOVEit servers and feature sets.
  • Microsoft Outlook® Add-in for Ad Hoc Transfer – Attach files to a message in Outlook and the files will be encrypted and sent by MOVEit. The message body itself can be sent encrypted or by email.
  • MOVEit Mobile Client – MOVEit Transfer provides MOVEit Mobile 2.0 connectivity natively. For your users, connecting with a mobile device app is like connecting with any other client; no special deployment pattern or application server add ons are required
  • MOVEit Sync - A Windows application that lets you create a Sync folder on your desktop and sync files with your MOVEit folder.
  • FTP/SFTP/FTPS Clients - MOVEit supports most of the available FTP clients, including the Progress WS_FTP client.

Secure File Transfer Basics

MOVEit Transfer provides a secure way to perform automated (scheduled) system-to-system file transfers. It also supports manual (user-performed) transfers in and among workgroups. Users are set up with accounts and home folders where they can upload and download files. Administrators can set up user groups and shared folders to support of various business work flows, especially those involving external entities. Work flows include organization-to-person, distribution groups, collection bins, and even direct person-to-person file exchange.

Person-to-Person ("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.

Note: The person-to-person transfer capability supports ad hoc use for unscheduled, manually performed transfers. It includes the mailbox and address book infrastructure needed for direct exchange; and it supports the inclusion of unregistered users through the use of their email addresses.
Note: Unregistered users can be set up to become either temporary users, whose accounts expire, or guest users (also known as package password users), who are given access to a particular package only, not to mailboxes.

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.

Note: The administrator can set the note in MOVEit (equivalent to the message body of an email) to be sent securely, through MOVEit only. Alternatively, the note can be included in the emailed notification.

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.