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Video: how to configure your server to find and delete old files

This video demonstrates how to set up JSCAPE MFT Server to monitor a directory for 1 year-old files and then automatically delete those files.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials

Video: Monitoring a directory for new files and automatically uploading to a SFTP server

Demonstrates how to configure JSCAPE MFT Server so that it monitors a directory for newly added files and then upload each file to a remote SFTP server.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer, SFTP

Types of businesses that benefit from a MFT server

Overview There are good investments and there are great investments. A piece of software can be a great investment if it makes a substantial impact to business. However, because each type of business has its own peculiarities, the extent of the same software's impact can vary from one business to another. There are those that can benefit immensely and there are those where the same software can make little to no impact at all. In this post, we identify the types of businesses that can make excellent ROI out of a managed file transfer server acquisition. We hope this will help you determine whether an MFT server can be a great investment for you.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer

Automating process of downloading zip files from trading partner and unzipping

In today’s video we’ll show you how to configure JSCAPE MFT Server so that it automates the process of downloading zip files from a trading partner and then unzipping them upon arrival

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials, Triggers

Updated video: using directory monitors

Learn how to use directory monitors in this video tutorial. Directory Monitors allow you to monitor local directories in your MFT Server for certain events like when a file has been added, a file has changed, a file has been deleted, o r a file’s age has exceeded a specified number of days.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials

Updated video: how to schedule a file transfer

This video tutorial demonstrates how to set up a scheduled file transfer on JSCAPE MFT Server, a highly secure and automated managed file transfer server. Scheduled file transfers help boost efficiency, productivity, and security while bringing down if not eliminating man-hours.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials

Using windows FTP scripts to automate file transfers

Before they discoveredmanaged file transfer (MFT), many Microsoft-oriented customers relied on Windows File Transfer Protocol (FTP) scripts to automate their file transfer workflows. Windows FTP scripts enable you to string together a chain of commands in a file you can invoke through the command line, a batch file, Windows PowerShell, Windows Task Scheduler or a third-party automation tool.

Topics: Business Process Automation, FTP, ftp commands, windows ftp

How to automate zipping files to a server

Overview Everyday, files are uploaded to a certain folder on your file transfer server. And everyday, you're supposed to gather those files into a zip file and forward it to a trading partner. Here's how you can automate that process on JSCAPE MFT Server.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials

How to retrieve email messages & attachments

Overview: How to Retrieve Email Messages & Attachments In this tutorial, we'll show you how to enable your local server to automatically retrieve email messages and attachments from a remote mail server.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation

How to automate SFTP downloads on the MFT server

Overview An automated SFTP download is one of the most efficient ways of downloading data from a remote server over a secure, encrypted channel. It's ideal for enterprise-class transactions and data exchanges that require outstanding levels of speed, security, and accuracy. In this post, we're going to show you several ways of doing this type of download on JSCAPE MFT Server.

Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, SFTP, Triggers