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FileWave Identity Provider (IdP) Integration Overview
What Identity Provider (IdP) integration helps FileWave use your organization's existing identity system for supported authentication and enrollment workflows. This can reduce separate credentials for administrators and users while keeping access aligned with ...
Professional Services & Training
Professional Services & Training provides expert help for planning, deploying, optimizing, and scaling FileWave in your environment. Whether you are onboarding, training new administrators, preparing for a migration, or looking for strategic guidance, our glob...
Classroom – Feature Overview
This is Apple's application for teachers allowing them to manage a class of students using iPads. The application is available on the iTunes App Store and the Volume Purchase Program (VPP) App Store. Apple has a video about the application in the "Meet your ...
Classroom – Shared iPad
Terms and Definitions Classroom – this is this is Apple's application for teachers allowing them to manage a class of students using iPad devices. Main features: Lock student devices Start application or Safari on a given web page on student devices Obse...
Classroom – SIS Data
SIS Support To know how to configure devices, FileWave needs to import SIS data; mainly person details and class organization.We currently support: ASM import (AKA "roster API") CSV import ASM data will be synchronized once every day (at midnight). You can f...
Classroom – Image Service
The Classroom app can display student pictures. If no picture is available, Classroom uses the student's initials. FileWave needs a configured image service so it knows where to request those pictures. Classroom uses SSL for communication and uses the device c...
Classroom – Shared iPad
Keep in mind that Shared iPad and Classroom are independent; they use the same configuration system (education profile), but they can be used separately. Enable Shared iPad Devices have to be in an ASM DEP account; check also hardware requirements - they a...
Classroom – Different Deployment Scenarios
To have Classroom working, you need: All devices enrolled in FileWave Teacher devices identified, with Classroom app installed on them 1:1 devices identified (with identified Student) Cart Groups for shared devices Classes information (teachers, student...
Classroom – What we don’t support
FileWave Classroom assigns a cart to a whole class. It cannot split one cart between the first 10 students and another cart between the remaining students. FileWave cannot read a person's ASM passcode type, so it cannot choose the exact passcode keyboard ahead...
Managed Apple IDs
Apple IDs has always been the central piece of Apple ecosystem - linked to an iTunes account, it was the only way to get software licenses until VPP device based licenses have been added. It was becoming more and more complicated for Education Organization to ...
Getting student images into Classroom
Do you want student images to show up in Apple's Classroom tool? You have come to the right place. Overview Images Large and small format of each student's image Properly named %user_identifier% = SIS/Student ID %size% = large or small Web serve...
How does FileWave work?
FileWave combines the tools and services you use to manage devices from a shared administrative interface. FileWave Central runs on macOS and Windows, so administrators are not tied to one platform for day-to-day lifecycle management. The basic workflow is a p...
FileWave Components
In this section, we will describe the key FileWave components: FileWave Server The FileWave Server is the central repository hosting every file to be delivered to Clients. It consists of five processes and a web server. The first process interacts with logge...
Chromebook Management
FileWave syncs Chromebook data from Google Admin Console so you can view Chromebook inventory alongside the rest of your managed devices. FileWave does not replace Google Admin Console, but it gives you reporting, inventory, custom field, and location tools fo...
FileWave Security
FileWave SSL Certificates Using self-signed certificates should be avoided as much as possible in production environments; while it may make sense in some closed environments, using Globally trusted CAs is our recommended approach. The FileWave Server and ot...
FileWave Anywhere Overview
The FileWave Anywhere interface is an Inventory tool designed to help with quick FileWave inventory references for specific clients in your server. Within the Web console you will be able to view all devices currently enrolled, their Filesets, installed applic...
Mobile Preferences - iOS / Android
The Mobile preferences are designed around Mobile Device Management for Apple's iOS/macOS and Google's Android/Chromebooks. This section discusses setting up the basic components in FileWave Central/Preferences. Configure MDM Server MDM Server Address - Ente...
LDAP Preferences
FileWave supports connecting an LDAP directory, such as Active Directory, Open Directory, or eDirectory, to your FileWave Server. FileWave can use that directory information in Smart Groups and parameterized profiles. LDAP can also be used for enrollment authe...