Performing Actions on Multiple Devices

What

We are pleased to announce that in version 14.5+ of the FileWave WebAdmin console, youAnywhere can nowrun performone "Actions"supported ondevice multipleaction against several selected devices at a time.once.

When/Why

WhenUse managingbulk actions for work such as restarting or wiping a largeset environment,of itiPads, isor a frequent occurrence to want to makeupdating the same changeCustom toField multipleon devicesseveral atdevices. one time.  Version 14.5+ ofCheck the WebAdminselected consoledevice nowlist givescarefully youbefore theconfirming abilityan toaction performthat like-actionserases on multiple devices at the same time.  This is especially important when we want to do something like erase multiple iOS devices,data or maybeinterrupts bulk-change a custom field.users.

How

It is very simple to use this feature.  In the Devices view, simply choose multiple devices by selectingselect the checkboxes inbeside the tree-viewdevices asyou shown:want to manage:

Then, when you selectOpen the Action menu,menu and possible bulk actions will be shown:

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