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MOVEit Automation users can use Powershell for custom scripts. This is a relatively new feature and is more effective than previous workarounds administrators had in place. If, for example, you are still either writing scripts in VB, or using the Command Line script to call...

Historically, MOVEit Transfer folder sharing has been problematic for administrators. Each user you wanted to share folders with needed an account and access had to be granted onto the folder. Whilst this seems quite straightforward, it led to an increased workload for...

MOVEit Automation 12.0 (2020) included with it Azure blob as a native host type. Prior to this, if you needed to interact with Blob storage, you had to write your own connector as a custom script. Azure Blob is available to select as a host type either from filtering in...

Are you a MOVEit administrator who inherited the system from a previous colleague? And do you know about all the functional changes brought in with each new release? There could be features that would benefit your business, if only you knew what they were. While most companies...

Content scanning causes a degree of nervousness among MOVEit administrators. It is performed by passing a file to an Anti-Virus/Data Loss Prevention engine using the ICAP protocol. The receiving engine then checks the file content and responds back to MOVEit, which in turn...

Keeping your MOVEit system in a tidy state is critical to its performance and the security it provides. Pro2col technicians can perform in-depth health checks for you, but there are some basic things that you can (and should) do to keep your system in tip-top condition. This top...

We are delighted to announce that we have received the Ipswitch Partner Award for File Transfer for the second time. It’s for achieving the highest revenue within the UK – one of several categories in the company’s annual EMEA Channel awards. We also picked up this accolade in...

One of the exciting new changes in MOVEit Automation 2018 is the expansion of the API to include REST processing. This is in addition to the existing COM and Java methods. It isn’t just a rewrite of the existing API, but includes new functionality that MOVEit Automation users...

MOVEit Automation 2018 was released on 4th April 2018, bringing a new host type into MOVEit Automation: The Amazon S3 connector. This new host is configurable using the web browser – the VB Admin tool can only display the host. Add a host in the same way as any other host type....