What's New

The following features were added to MOVEit Transfer for the 2019.1 release including several performance wins:

Windows Server 2019 Support. You can now deploy and run MOVEit Transfer on Windows Server 2019 hosts.
Extended Database Support. MOVEit Transfer now leverages a faster and up-to-date version of the MySQL database (version 8).
RESTful API Improvements and Extensions. Now you can manage folder permissions, packages, mailboxes, folder contents and more using the Transfer REST API.
Performance Option for Native Azure Blob Encryption. You can now choose between extra performance or extra security (layered encryption) when you deploy your filestore to Azure Blob Service.
Version Update in Azure Marketplace. We updated the Azure Marketplace distribution of MOVEit Transfer to meet the latest MOVEit Transfer specifications.
Update to GroupAdmin Role Permissions. GroupAdmin role is now more secure by default.
Performance Monitoring on Windows Server. We provided a set of MOVEit Transfer-specific performance counters for Windows Performance Monitor.
64 Bit Support. MOVEit Transfer now benefits from the performance of 64bit architectures and the libraries that leverage them.
Java 11. If you use the MOVEit Transfer Java API, MOVEit Transfer now supports OpenJDK 11.0.1.
Many Other Feature, Security, and Maintenance Improvements. These include performance and usability improvements, proactive library upgrades, and security-related fixes.

This document contains the latest changes for the on-premises MOVEit Transfer product including platform and hardware requirements and SysAdmin-level settings. To learn about the latest feature refresh for the MOVEit Transfer cloud service managed by Ipswitch, see the MOVEit Cloud Release Notes.

Windows Server 2019 Support

You can now deploy and run MOVEit Transfer on Windows Server 2019 hosts. See Operating System Requirements for details.

Extended Database Support

MOVEit Transfer deployments that use MySQL database systems can now leverage the performance benefits of MySQL 8.0.16. Also, the MyODBC connector was updated to 8.0.16.

RESTful API Improvements

The MOVEit Transfer REST API enables you to develop, integrate, and deploy secure file transfer and management applications that leverage your organization or system-wide MOVEit Transfer solution. It also provides a solution to managing users and content that scales with your large business and partner needs. The following new capabilities were added for the 2019.1 release of MOVEit Transfer.

Feature	Description	Syntax
Content management, manage user access and permissions for folders, and more.	New REST endpoint and... new data model (FolderContent)	`/api/v1/folders/`{id}
MOVEit Transfer Mailbox Management	New REST endpoint	`/api/v1/mailboxes/`
Package management	New REST endpoint	`/api/v1/packages/`
One-time password/Multi Factor Authentication Support	New call for /auth/token endpoint New grant type.	`/api/v1/token/otp`
Add user to group	New call for /groups endpoint	`/groups/{Id}/members/{User-Id}`

Performance Option for Using Azure Blob Encryption

New Azure installations now have the option of using only native Azure Storage encryption for your MOVEit Transfer encrypted 'at-rest' filestore.

Install-time Option to Run with Only Azure Encryption on Your MOVEit Transfer Filestore

At install time, this encryption mode is the default setting when you choose Azure Blobs as your filestore. This new mode offers you a choice of either extra performance (Azure Storage Encryption only) or extra security (layered encryption using Azure encryption and MOVEit encryption) for your filestore.

Checkbox	Mode	Result
Cleared ()	Azure Encryption Only (2019.x Default)	Realize the full and intended performance gain of Azure block Blob (NoSQL) storage for your MOVEit Transfer filestore while using encryption at the Azure Storage Service level which uses the latest ciphers.
Selected ()	Azure Encryption and MOVEit Encryption.	Apply MOVEit Transfer encryption throughout (filestore, non-root files, and more). (Filestore will be double-encrypted.)

Do not use the Azure Encryption only mode (by clearing the Use MOVEit Encryption checkbox) if you plan to point to an existing Azure Blob store used from a 2019.0 MOVEit Transfer Server. Mixed encryption schemes are not supported by MOVEit Transfer. See the MOVEit Install Guide for details.

Version Update for Azure Marketplace

We updated the Azure Marketplace distribution of MOVEit Transfer to meet the latest MOVEit Transfer specifications.

Important Refinements to GroupAdmin Role Permissions

GroupAdmin role is now more secure. Admins must grant GroupAdmins parent folder access when GroupAdmins need to assign home folders to users and the home folder path varies from the default user's home path. Let's say the GroupAdmin wants to provide a home of /home/finance/teamfolder to a new user rather than /home/<username>/. In this case, the GroupAdmin must have the subs permission attribute for the finance folder in order to grant users access to folders beneath it.

Performance Monitoring on Windows Server (MOVEit Transfer Performance Counters)

Adding performance monitors can yield critical performance and decision support data. We provided a set of MOVEit Transfer-specific performance counters to Windows Performance Monitor. You can include (Add) them to your Windows Performance Monitor profile (for the Windows Server hosts where you run MOVEit Transfer).

After you include them, you can access system-wide or org-specific measurements either:

Locally. From Windows Server Performance Monitor.
Remotely. From any simple, trusted WMI-enabled client (Powershell or .NET, for example) or performance monitoring system (such as WhatsUp Gold).

Selecting and Adding Performance Counters from Windows Server

New MOVEit Transfer-Specific Performance Counters (Shown from Microsoft Windows Server Performance Monitor > Properties > Add)

Table of MOVEit Transfer System Performance Counters

Performance Counter	Description
Current Combined (Bytes per second)	Active upload and download traffic volume.
Current Download (Bytes per second)	Active download traffic volume.
Current FTPS Transfers	Active secure FTP sessions.
Current HTTPS Transfers	Active HTTP over SSL or TLS client sessions.
Current REST API Transfers	Active MOVEit Transfer REST API client (HTTPS) sessions.
Current SFTP (SSH) Transfers	Active SFTP sessions.
Current Transfers	Active session count (all types).
Current Upload (Bytes per second)	Active upload traffic volume.
Total Downloads Started	Count of downloads initiated with this MOVEit Transfer instance.
Total Failed Transfers	Count of incomplete or failed transfers.
Total Successful Transfers	Count of completed transfers.
Total Transfers Started	Count of started transfers.
Total Uploads Started	Count of uploads initiated with this MOVEit Transfer instance.

Table of MOVEit Transfer per-Org Performance Counters

Performance Counter	Description
Current - Selected Org (Bytes per second)	Active client sessions for this MOVEit Transfer Org.
Current Download - Selected Org (Bytes per second)	Active client downloads for this MOVEit Transfer Org.
Current Transfers - Selected Org	Active transfers (all types) for this MOVEit Transfer Org.
Current Upload - Selected Org (Bytes per second)	Active uploads for this MOVEit Transfer Org.
Total Downloads - Selected Org	Count of downloads for this MOVEit Transfer Org.
Total Uploads - Selected Org	Count of downloads for this MOVEit Transfer Org.

64 Bit Support

MOVEit Transfer can now leverage the benefits of 64bit systems and all the performance optimizations of leveraged libraries that expect 64bit. Utilities have also been converted to 64 bit.

Many Other Feature and Security Enhancements

Security improvements and maintenance to MOVEit:

jquery libraries updated.
Java version used by the MOVEit Transfer Java API updated to support OpenJDK 11.0.1.
Bootstrap updated to the latest version.
InfoZip utilities obsoleted.
If you feel you need to use the --use-zip parameter associated with InfoZip executables shipped with past releases in the WebApp\Util folder, you will need to take responsibility for keeping these utilities.