What is Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)?

Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is a Windows system component that provides concurrent foreground and background file transfers. These file transfers include uploads and downloads. BITS uses idle network bandwidth to complete file transfers.

For additional information about BITS, refer to one of the following links:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842309
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=842773
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/bits/bits/bits_start_page.asp?frame=true