IIS 8 FTP Server Service Features

Microsoft has made many improvements to the FTP Service for IIS 7.5 and IIS 8. First, the FTP Service has been completely rewritten from scratch for IIS 7.5. As a result, it is more secure and meets today’s industry standards for publishing content in a secure fashion. The following is a list of features for the FTP Service running on IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2:

• Tight integration now exists with IIS 8 websites and IIS Manager.

• It supports today’s demanding security needs by supporting FTP over SSL.

• Organizations can now host multiple FTP sites with the same IP address, because the bindings support host headers.

• Both web and FTP content can be hosted from the same site.

• UTF8, IPv6, and integration ...

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