How To Setup and Configure FTP on Windows Server 2008 Securely

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Published on 2010-03-27T17:55:11Z Indexed on 2010/03/27 18:03 UTC
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I just recently launched a new "cloud server" with GoGrid and would like to setup and use FTP for deploying web applications and web sites to the server directly. What is the process of setting up the FTP built into IIS for this server for each site that is hosted, etc.?

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