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Asked: 2026-05-15T02:58:24+00:00

I’m trying to upload a file with a client application using BITS (Microsoft’s Background

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I’m trying to upload a file with a client application using BITS (Microsoft’s Background Intelligent Transfer Service) via HTTPS. The development server I’m uploading to/testing with does not have a properly signed certificate for SSL (it’s self-signed). This means that the transfer always errors out, as BITS recognizes that the certificate is self-signed and refuses to complete the job.

Is there any way to programmatically tell BITS ignore the certificate authority and complete the upload? I know there are ways to do this with the HttpWebRequest class in C#, but I don’t know how to do this with BITS specifically.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think BITS is throwing an exception not because it recognises the cert as being self-signed but rather that it recognises that the cert is not trusted by the client PC. You could try installing the cert in the Trusted Store on your client – I believe BITS will then work over HTTPS.

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