BITS (Standard 7 Package Reference)
7/8/2014
This package is a Feature Pack in the category Networking. The name of the package as it appears on disk and for use with some command-line tools is WinEmb-Networking-BITS.
The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) provides support for the background transfer of data and resumption of transfers after a network interruption or restart of the operating system. It supports SMB, HTTP, and FTP protocols.
See the list of optional, supporting packages for information about additional functionality, such as support for Peer Networking.
Settings
No settings provided.
Services
No services provided.
Dependencies
Package Dependencies
This package depends upon the COM+ Application Support package.
Group Dependencies
No group dependencies.
Optional Supporting Packages
You can select any number of packages from the following list:
- .NET Framework 2.0 Client Profile
- Application Security
- Device Framework
- Remote Desktop Connection
- Shell Controls and UI Support Functions
- Windows PowerShell 2.0
You can use the optional packages to enable the following functions:
To do this |
Use these packages |
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Allow Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to monitor network traffic at Internet Gateway Device (IGD) and use only the idle portion of the network bandwith. Your IGD has to support byte counter and UPnP must be enabled. |
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Run the BITS configuration snap-in and work with BITS from .NET applications via BITS interop assemblies. |
Common Uses
Microsoft Update uses BITS to download updates.
Custom applications can use the BITS application programming interface to provide background data transfers when exchanging files or as part of a specialized update schema.
Notes
Devices that use BITS to download data will not persist that data if they also use Enhanced Write Filter with HORM (EWF) or File-Based Write Filter (FBWF) to control write access to storage media.