License Management

Compliance, Usage, and Tracking
License Management helps you track how many software or font licenses you own, how many are in use, and where they are being consumed. FileWave can track Apple VPP licenses from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, and it can track non-VPP application or font licenses by using Inventory criteria or an existing Fileset.
VPP License Tracking
FileWave syncs with VPP every 5 minutes to bring in the latest purchases from Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager. The License Management view shows owned licenses, licenses in use, license compliance, and the VPP token that supplied the licenses.
Setting a Compliance Warning
FileWave can notify you by email when a VPP license quantity is running low by using Scheduled Reports. Use the license warning threshold to decide when that status should appear.
Open FileWave Central and navigate to "License Management".
Select a VPP License.
Click "Edit License" from the black menu bar.
Change the "Warning when:" field to set your License Warning threshold.
Click "Save".
If the available license count falls below your threshold, FileWave shows the License Compliance status "Warning License Watermark".
Viewing where licenses are consumed
Use the license detail view to see where VPP licenses are being consumed. A license is consumed when a VPP Fileset is deployed to a device through a Kiosk or Standard association. VPP "Managed Distribution" licenses can be revoked and redistributed. This view shows the device serial number for VPP "Device Assignment" or the end user's VPP User account for VPP "User Assignment".
Open FileWave Central and navigate to "License Management".
Double-click a VPP License.
Non-VPP License Tracking
FileWave can also track license information for applications or fonts deployed to Windows, macOS, Android, and ChromeOS. You can define a new license from Inventory criteria or track deployments from an existing Fileset. You can also email license reports to selected recipients with Scheduled Reports.
Creating a new License definition
Use this method for applications or fonts that were not deployed by FileWave.
Open FileWave Central and navigate to "License Management".
Click "New License" from the black menu bar.
Name the License, select Application or Font, choose the Warning threshold, and select the platforms you want to track.
Click the "[+]" to add new criteria to define the license.
The criteria are in the context of either Application or Font.
Enter the "Qualifier" (for example, Firefox).
Click the "Purchase Orders" button.
Click the "[+]" to add a new Purchase Order entry.
Enter a "PO Number" and "License Count".
Optionally, fill out the rest of the Purchase Order fields.
Click "Save".
You should now see your new License definition.
Track Fileset Usage
This method uses FileWave's "Fileset Status" to track deployments made through FileWave.
Open FileWave Central and navigate to "License Management".
Click "New License from Fileset" from the black menu bar.
Name the License, choose the Warning threshold, and select the Fileset you want to track.
Click the "[+]" to add a new Purchase Order entry.
Enter a "PO Number" and "License Count".
Optionally, fill out the rest of the Purchase Order fields.
Click "Save".
You should now see your new License definition.
Viewing where licenses are consumed
Open FileWave Central and navigate to "License Management".
Double-click a License.