SFMC Engagement Administrator Practice Test

A shared SFTP directory needs a single access point that all units can use. By configuring one central SFTP user and granting that account access to the shared folder, every business unit can read and write to the same location with one set of credentials. This simplifies permissions, auditing, and file organization, ensuring consistent behavior across all units.

Using individual SFTP users for each unit would complicate governance and access control, while requiring each unit to manage separate credentials. Requiring identical credentials across units is insecure and hard to manage. A cloud-based gateway isn’t required for simply sharing a directory, though it could be useful in other architectures; the direct, simplest way to enable a shared directory is a single central SFTP user with the appropriate access rights.