Whenever you have associated the public IP address with the NIC on your Azure VM, attach the IP Address to the Passive Mode Settings, as displayed below (highlighted in green), and also the Passive Port Range: If you faced the problem with attaching the public IP Address, follow Microsoft’s Guide. To allow the third-party clients to connect – ensure that your VM has the correct public IP Address (in our case it is 40.114.31.95). Typically (50000-51000) ports are used when transferring data to the server. Then it’s necessary to set a passive mode port range. > Edit > Settings > Passive Mode Settings When the connection has been established, it’s possible that some errors may occur, that is okay ‘cause some more steps should be done. In the pop up window click Connect as displayed below (the password field is empty): Start up the Filezilla Server Instance application, with the shortcut on your desktop. The guide how to work with the Windows Server 2016 with Filezilla FTP Server

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