Windows Azure and SFTP

Question

I know very little about Azure, but I am looking for a cloud server where I can have clients SFTP their files to us. It will be used primarily for data storage. The only requirement is that the files be sent over SFTP (not FTP).

Does anyone have any experience with this? How difficult is this to setup? Is this even possible?

Answer 1

You can find step by step instructions on how to set up a regular FTP site on Windows Azure VM here - http://nicoploner.blogspot.com/2010/12/ftp-server-on-windows-azure-from.html

Here's how to set up SFTP on Windows Server (applies to Azure VM as well) - http://www.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows