Start-BitsTransfer - Powershell 3.0 CmdLet

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Start-BitsTransfer

Short description
Creates a new Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) transfer job.

Syntax


Description
The Start-BitsTransfer cmdlet creates a new BITS transfer job to transfer one or more files between a client computer a
nd a server. The TransferType parameter specifies the direction of the transfer. By default, after the cmdlet begins th
e transfer, the command prompt is not available until the transfer is complete or until the transfer enters an error st
ate. If the state of the returned BitsJob object is Error, the error code and description are contained in the object a
nd can be used for analysis.

The Start-BitsTransfer cmdlet supports downloading multiple files from a server to a client computer, but it does not g
enerally support uploading multiple files from a client computer to a server. If you need to upload more than one file,
 you can use the Import-CSV cmdlet to pipe the output to the Add-BitsFile cmdlet to upload multiple files. Or, if you n
eed to upload more than one file, consider using a cabinet file (.cab) or a compressed file (.zip).