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Windows MDM wipe command

Microsoft Windows MDM

What 14.8+ FileWave introduces the option to Wipe MDM enrolled Windows devices from the Web Admin console. When/Why The options from the ellipsis now include the Wipe option. Option to Wipe will only be visible for Windows devices which are MDM enrolled. ...

Windows MDM setup issue with custom domain

Microsoft Windows MDM Troubleshooting

What When configuring FileWave Windows MDM with Microsoft Entra ID, the Microsoft On-premises MDM application may fail when you add the FileWave server URL in Expose an API as the Application ID URI. Error: Failed to update Application ID URI application prope...

Hosted
Windows MDM
Entra
Azure

Finding packages in the WinGet Repository

Microsoft Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

What WinGet is a command line tool to manage applications on the Windows platform. Note that FileWave 15.4 or later is required. When/Why WinGet will install software.  But, to do so, we'll need to see if the package we are looking for is in the repository...

FileWave Version
15.4.x
recipe
winget
Windows

Installing a package with WinGet

Microsoft Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

What WinGet is a command line tool to manage applications on the Windows 10 and 11 platform. Note that FileWave 15.4 or later is required. When/Why We'll certainly want to use WinGet to push software to our devices, and we can do that rather nicely in a Fi...

FileWave Version
15.4.x
recipe
winget
Windows

Upgrading a package with WinGet

Microsoft Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

What WinGet is a command line tool to manage applications on the Windows platform. Note that FileWave 15.4 or later is required. When/Why Of course, installing a package is only the beginning.  After we initially install any package, we'll have to come bac...

recipe
winget
FileWave Version
15.4.x
Windows

Uninstalling a package with WinGet

Microsoft Windows Package Manager (WinGet)

What WinGet is a command-line tool for managing applications on Windows 10 and 11. When/Why After you install a WinGet package, you may need to remove it later. FileWave can handle that removal through a pre- or post-uninstall script within a payload/Fileset. ...

recipe
winget
Windows

Customer Success

Community Engagement

Customer Success is the team to contact when you are not sure where to start. If you have questions about renewals, licensing, account contacts, or which FileWave team can help, send us a note and we will point you in the right direction. A good first stop is ...

Installing SOLIDWORKS (Windows EXE)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

What Need to deploy and install SolidWorks on Windows clients? Not a problem – FileWave has you covered. We need a few components from SolidWorks and some scripting tips to get deployment-ready. Required components: FileWave Central SolidWorks Administrati...

recipe
EXE
Windows

Java (Windows EXE)

Software Deployment Recipes (Microsoft)

Description This recipe shows you the steps you need to follow to make a Java Fileset for Windows. Ingredients FileWave Central Java Installer (EXE) Directions Download the offline EXE update from: Oracle Download Page Create an empty Filese...

recipe
EXE

FileWave Version 14.7.0 (Unsupported)

Downloads Archived FileWave Versions (Unsupported)

These downloads are provided for the purposes of migrations and should not continue to be used in production. You should upgrade to either the most recent release or the one prior. They can always be found here: Supported FileWave Versions FileWave Management...

Determine Correct Intermediates Bundle for SSL Certificate

Certificates Troubleshooting

Some SSL providers include multiple intermediate certificate bundles with your SSL certificate. Your SSL certificate must be merged with the correct intermediate bundle and your private key to generate the .p12 certificate file uploaded in the Mobile preferenc...

Apache CVE-2006-20001 / CVE-2022-36760 / CVE-2022-37436

Security Information

What On January 17, 2023, Apache released HTTP Server 2.4.55 to address CVE-2006-20001, CVE-2022-36760, and CVE-2022-37436. When/Why FileWave reviewed these vulnerabilities and found that FileWave was not vulnerable to them. How Two affected modules were not u...

Security

Security Notice: Apache log4j Vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Security Information

What CVE-2021-44228 is the Apache Log4j2 vulnerability commonly known as Log4Shell. It was disclosed in December 2021 and affected vulnerable Log4j2 versions where attacker-controlled JNDI lookups could lead to remote code execution. FileWave's product assessm...

Security

Supply-Chain Attack Threat Management

Security Information

Question How does FileWave reduce the risk of supply-chain attacks against the FileWave product and release process? Answer Supply-chain attacks are a serious risk for software vendors, especially vendors that provide endpoint management and IT operations tool...

Security

How the FileWave Client Communicates

FileWave Client

What This article explains how the FileWave Client securely communicates with FileWave infrastructure components during enrollment and ongoing operations. It covers certificate-based authentication, transport mechanisms, and platform-specific communication flo...

When does the inventory client run scans?

FileWave Client Troubleshooting

Inventory The FileWave Client runs an inventory scan at startup, every time you execute a verify on the client, and every 24 hours.

FileWave Server Mail test receives Bad Request with Google SMTP Accounts

FileWave Central / Anywhere Troubleshooting

What This troubleshooting article applies when Authentication Method is set to Manual Setup and a Google SMTP account returns a Bad Request error because the account is not ready for the app-password workflow below. FileWave 16.4 also supports Google OAuth. Us...

FileWave
Central
Troubleshooting
FileWave Version
16.4.x

IdP Setup: Microsoft Entra ID (Azure)

Identity Provider (IdP) Integration

What Before we can use AzureAD for authentication from FileWave, we must create a new application in the Azure Portal and give FileWave access to it.  The whole purpose of this configuration is to give FileWave permissions to talk to your Microsoft Entra ID e...

azure
IdP
Entra