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What Once upon a time, in a brightly lit world of screens, a shadowy figure emerged, promising salvation to our eyes: Dark Mode. As legends of its comfort and sleekness spread across the realms of software applications, we at FileWave decided it was time to e...

What FileWave includes native UI localization for several languages. The table below lists the language choices currently exposed by the FileWave Central/Admin language preference, including the locale code to use when launching Central/Admin with a specific l...

What The similarly named Last Connect and Last Connected fields track different device activity. This article explains what each field means and when to use it. When/Why Use these fields when you need to understand when a device last communicated with the File...

What After you configure an IdP as an authentication source, you can allow members of selected directory groups to sign in to FileWave. When/Why Use IdP groups to grant administrator access and assign permissions from your identity provider. This is the usual ...

How to enroll Windows Clients into FileWave If you haven't already, review the Platform Integrations > Windows section for guidance on installing the Windows FileWave Client. If your organization uses Microsoft Entra ID and users sign in to Windows with Entra ...

What Use IdP group data from enrolled devices to target FileWave Deployments and build Inventory Reports or Smart Groups based on the groups a device belongs to. When/Why This is useful when group membership already lives in Google, Microsoft Entra ID, or anot...

A desktop device (FileWave Client) is identified in FileWave by its Client Name and Device Fingerprint. If a device is duplicated in FileWave, enrollment can stop, inventory can be wrong, and deployments may target the wrong record. Client Name - The name show...

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, an...

What The Manage Automatic Enrollment permission controls whether an administrator can change automatic device enrollment and automatic conflict resolution settings. When/Why Give this permission to administrators who manage whether devices can auto-enroll and ...

Use license tracking from a Fileset when you want FileWave to count where a deployed application appears and alert you when usage exceeds the license watermark you set. FileWave Client inventory can scan managed computers for files that match the Fileset defin...

Description Use a FileWave Fileset script to hide local macOS admin accounts from the login window while keeping the Other option available for manual username/password sign-in. Ingredients FileWave Central A plain-text editor for reviewing the script before d...

What Use Restart Windows Devices when you need FileWave to remotely reboot one or more managed Windows computers from FileWave Central or FileWave Anywhere. When/Why A remote restart is useful when a Windows device needs to finish an installation, recover from...

Custom Fields let you create custom inventory values and assign or populate them through administrator values, client scripts, legacy command-line values, LDAP, or CSV import. In FileWave Central, open Assistants > Custom Fields, then choose Import CSV or Edit...

Description FileWave stores software version values as text because vendors can include letters, build labels, or other non-numeric characters. If you need a Smart Group or inventory report to answer whether a macOS app is older than the approved version, use ...

Use the Report toolbar button on a selected Fileset, multiple selected Filesets, or a Fileset Group to check deployment status for the selected item. In FileWave 16.1 and later, the Fileset Report table includes Client Name, Client ID, Fileset Revision Name, F...

What FileWave can associate iOS app Filesets with compatible macOS devices. If Apple allows the app to run on Mac and your organization has available licenses in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager, FileWave can install that app on eligible macOS de...

Extend Inventory even more? Check. Custom Fields let you add organization-specific inventory data to FileWave devices. You can enter values manually, import them from CSV, or populate them with client scripts on macOS and Windows. Those values can then appear ...

Use this page when a Chromebook should be reassigned, retired, sold, disposed of, or removed from FileWave’s ChromeOS management view. ChromeOS devices are different from macOS, Windows, and FileWave Client devices because FileWave syncs Chromebook records fro...