The steps required to complete the procedures in this article include: In this article, we will walk you through the process of installing FTPS (Secure FTP) server on Windows using IIS. FTPS should not be confused with FTP over SSH, which is the practice of tunneling FTP through an SSH connection or SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), a secure file transfer subsystem for the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol-which is not supported on IIS. It is an extension to the commonly used File Transfer Protocol (FTP) that adds support for the Transport Layer Security (TLS), formerly known as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). FTPS allows sessions to be encrypted between an FTP client and a server. One of these features is known as FTP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or FTPS.
This offers web administrators more security and deployment options. Microsoft File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service incorporates features that enable web authors to publish content better than before by allowing multiple users to access their directories without gaining access to the directories of other users.
