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Mar 19, 2009 14:33 GMT  ·  By

FTP Service 7.5 for Internet Information Services 7.0 is what Microsoft referred to as a FTP service re-written from the ground up and tailored specifically to Windows Server 2008. In this regard, Windows server customers, as well as those running earlier versions of IIS will not be able to take advantage of FTP Services 7.5. This because the new service integrates exclusively with Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0. The Redmond company is applauding FTP Service 7.5 as a robust and secure solution for FTP tailored to Windows Server environments.

Windows Server 2008 FTP Service 7.5 for IIS 7.0 brings to the table “integration with IIS 7.0: IIS 7.0 has a brand-new administration interface and configuration store, and the new FTP service is tightly integrated with this new design. The old IIS 6 metabase is gone, and a new configuration store that is based on the .NET XML-based *.config format has taken its place. In addition, IIS 7.0 has a new administration tool, and the new FTP server plugs seamlessly into that paradigm,” revealed Microsoft Evangelist Keith Combs

In addition, FTP Service 7.5 also introduces support for new Internet standards: including FTP over SSL, but also UTF8, IPv6, and is capable of adaptive networking bandwidth usage. When it comes down to support, the new service offers customers fresh supportability features, involving the delivery of extensive information related to error messages FTP server local users as well as the Event Tracing for Windows (ETW).

On top of this, FTP Service 7.5 features “shared hosting improvements: by fully integrating into IIS 7.0, the new FTP server makes it possible to host FTP and Web content from the same site by simply adding an FTP binding to an existing Web site,” Combs added. “Extensibility and custom authentication: The new FTP server supports developer extensibility, making it possible for software vendors to write custom providers for FTP authentication. [And] improved logging support: FTP logging has been enhanced to include all FTP-related traffic, unique tracking for FTP sessions, FTP sub-statuses, additional detail fields in FTP logs, and much more.”

Windows Server 2008 FTP Service 7.5 for IIS 7.0 is available for download here.