The importance of automating processes can’t be overestimated. Most things start out as a manual procedure until you work out exactly how things should happen, but many times they stay that way ...
When designing SSIS packages, you will find that you often have to pull data from many different sources. Although FTP is an older technology, it's one that hasn't quite lost its way in modern IT ...
Try using proftpd with the ldap modules. I'm a big fan of proftpd, and I reckon you should be able to get AD auth going with the ldap modules.<BR><BR>I'm not telling you *not* to use ftp, but I do ...