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Use 2FA or MFA with FileWave

FileWave Server

Question Can FileWave use two-factor authentication (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA) fo...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Software Updates: Rollout Plans

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Software Updates

In FileWave version 16+ this feature is currently disabled and being re-designed due to the chang...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Zachary Butterfield

Deploy Software Updates to Device Groups

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Software Updates

What FileWave Anywhere can deploy an individual software update to a manual or Smart Group of dev...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Software Updates in the age of macOS MDM (Big Sur v11.0+ / iOS 15+)

Software Updates (Apple)

What For many years now, FileWave has leveraged the Software Update tool on macOS devices to eva...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Jared Jones

Android Enterprise 500-Device Enrollment Quota

Android Troubleshooting

Current status: Google still documents a 500-device quota for standard Android Management API pro...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

App-Auto-Patch for 3rd party patching (macOS)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

What App-Auto-Patch for macOS is a streamlined solution from an Open Source project designed to e...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Renew - A tool to get users to reboot periodically (macOS Script)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Description For remote tools to work reliably, and for security patches to be properly installed...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Deploy swiftDialog on macOS with a PKG Fileset

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Description swiftDialog is an open source macOS utility that lets scripts display dialogs, progre...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Installomator - The one installer script to rule them all (macOS PKG)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Description This article delves into the application of Installomator, a shell script, in combina...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Security

Playbook: Device Refresh / Back to School

  During a device refresh or back-to-school rollout, security work should happen before devices r...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

TeamViewer: iOS/iPadOS Session Overview

TeamViewer TeamViewer: Creating a new session

What This article shows what an iPhone or iPad user sees after a FileWave administrator requests ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Clear a Device Passcode in FileWave Anywhere

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus Device Actions

What The Clear Passcode action asks an MDM-enrolled device to remove its current passcode. FileWa...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Add or Renewing your ADE (DEP) Account Token

Apple School & Business Manager Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

Description ADE is the optimal way to enroll your Apple devices. ADE enrollment is required for c...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Emma Ainsworth

VPP Apps Not Updating

Apple School & Business Manager Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Description As described in the KB on VPP App updates, these should occur automatically, within 2...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Sean Holden

Resolve a Revoked Apps and Books (VPP) Token

Apple School & Business Manager Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Problem FileWave Central can show VPP token is Revoked on the Dashboard or during a manual Apps a...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Apps and Books (VPP) Token Renewal

Apple School & Business Manager Volume Purchase Program (VPP)

Description Apps and Books tokens expire annually. The FileWave dashboard shows renewal warnings ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Emma Ainsworth

VPP and ADE Preferences

FileWave Central / Anywhere Settings

What FileWave Central uses Preferences > VPP & ADE to configure and monitor Apple Apps and Books ...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Using Parameters in Apple iOS/macOS Profiles

Profiles (Apple)

Variables—also called parameters in FileWave—let one Apple profile use device, user, directory, o...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Josh Levitsky

Google Chrome Managed (Windows)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description Chrome browser user experience may be managed on multiple device types by way of a Go...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Sean Holden

Google Chrome Managed (Android)

Software Deployment Recipes (Android)

Description Chrome browser user experience may be managed on multiple device types by way of a Go...

Updated 2 weeks ago by Sean Holden