For sysadmin teams that are familiar and prefer the Windows operating system, SFTPPlus is an excellent choice.

SFTPPlus MFT is a Managed File Transfer and Secure file transfer solution that runs on Windows operating system.

SFTPPlus MFT can secure and automate the file transfers with your partners, customers and enterprise servers from your Windows instance.

You can use all the native Windows services like Active Directory, Windows Shares, NTFS permissions for granular access control, and Remote Desktop support for easy management.

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Supported Windows Version

Windows Server and Desktop versions are supported on X86 64bit CPUs.

For Windows server, SFTPPlus MFT support both CLI or GUI desktop experience interfaces.

SFTPPlus MFT's secure FTP solution runs on the following Windows versions:

  • Windows 2022 Server
  • Windows 2019 Server
  • Windows 2016 Server
  • Windows 2016 Datacenter
  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Server Core

Supported hardware

SFTPPlus MFT supports physical and virtualized environments including Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware or Linux KVM.

It runs on any 64bit CPU computer with at least 1GB of RAM.

Microsoft Active Directory

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FTP or SFTP users can be authenticated based on local users or domain users.

SFTPPlus MFT comes with an extensive set of user management features that allows you to implement fine-grained security policies for your managed file transfers.

Active Directory integration can be implemented by using a Windows computer that is part of a domain.

For enhanced security and implementing DMZ isolated environments, SFTPPlus MFT can interact with your Active Directory using the LDAP protocol. This uses a single TCP port without requiring users to join a domain.

Native Windows Containers

SFTPPlus MFT can run inside native Windows containers. Deployment can be done via an on-premise Hyper-V or any cloud provider.

Installing a secure FTP server on Windows

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Installing and running SFTPPlus MFT solution on Windows is a straightforward process.

There is no need to setup additional components like Java, IIS, SQL Server, or any other 3rd party solution.

The installation wizard will guide you through the install process with minimum input. It will ask for the installation directory and will create an SFTPPlus administration account. Once the installation is done, the SFTPPlus MFT Windows server is started and you can use your preferred web browser to manage SFTPPlus, using the administrator account created during the install process.