Using BITS

The following steps show how to perform a file transfer using the Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) interfaces.

To perform a file transfer

1. Connect to the BITS service
2. Create a transfer job
3. Add files to the job
4. Start the job
5. Determine if BITS successfully transferred the files
6. Complete the job

The previous steps show how to transfer files using the default property values for a job. You can change the default behavior by changing one or more of the job's property values. For example, you can change the priority that the job is processed relative to other jobs in the queue, specify your own proxy setting, and register to receive event notification when BITS has transferred the files. For more information, see Setting and Retrieving the Properties of a Job.

Windows PowerShell provides a simple mechanism to manage many BITS tasks. This section contains the following topics that show how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets with BITS:

• Using Windows PowerShell to Create BITS Transfer Jobs
• Using WinRM Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage BITS Transfer Jobs
• Using WMI Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage the BITS Compact Server

This section also contains the following topics:

• Best Practices When Using BITS
• Enumerating jobs in the transfer queue
• Enumerating files in a job
• Handling errors
• Retrieve the reply from an upload-reply job

For sample code that uses the BITS interfaces, see BITS Samples and Tools.

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