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Deploying iOS Applications to macOS Devices Using FileWave
What With the latest updates to FileWave 15.5.0, administrators now have the capability to associate iOS application filesets with macOS devices. This means that if an application is compatible with both iOS and macOS platforms, it can be installed on macOS d...
Account-Driven User Enrollment for iOS/iPadOS BYOD Devices (v15.0+)
What In 2021, Apple introduced Account-Driven User Enrollment, a new method for initiating Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) enrollments. With the releases of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17, profile-based User Enrollment is deprecated, and starting with iOS 18 and iPadOS 18...
Control Await Configuration state (DEP enrolled devices)
What When Apple devices are enrolled via the Device Enrollment Program (DEP)—now known as Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)—they enter an “Await Configuration” state during the initial setup. In this mode, the user cannot interact with the device until the co...
Admin Password management (MDM Command - macOS)
What The Admin Password Management feature in FileWave allows administrators to remotely change the admin password on macOS devices enrolled via Automated Device Enrollment (DEP). This functionality utilizes MDM commands to securely update the admin account p...
Android Lost Mode
What Android Lost Mode is a security feature in FileWave’s Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) system as of FileWave 15.5.0. It allows administrators to remotely lock an enrolled Android device when it’s reported as missing. When activated, the device displa...
FileWave Server on CentOS - EOL
As FileWave continues to develop our industry-leading multi-platform solution, our primary goal is to make it as simple, stable, and scalable as possible. With the End of Life of CentOS on June 30th, 2024, beginning with 15.2.0, the FileWave Server will be shi...
FileWave End-User Notifications (15.5+)
What With the release of FileWave version 15.5.0 and onward, administrators can now send custom messages to enrolled devices directly from FileWave Anywhere, FileWave Central, or through API calls. These messages appear as system notifications on users’ devic...
Open Source Software included in FW v15.5.1
FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and software (OSS) to provide its features and functionality. We believe in the importance of open source software and are committed to giving back to the community. By listi...
FileWave Version 15.5.0 (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 The FileWave endpoi...
FileWave Known Issues
Here you will find known issues in FileWave along with workarounds. FileWave v15.5.x Known Issues Issues with FileWave 15.5.0 and higher until, but not including 15.5.1. These items are fixed in 15.5.1; DDM Configurations - Duplicating a DDM Configurati...
Apple Device Management - DDM Configurations
What Device Declarative Management (DDM) is Apple’s modern approach to device management, introduced to enhance and eventually replace traditional Mobile Device Management (MDM) protocols. With FileWave 15.5, support for DDM configurations is now available, a...
MSFT Defender Reporting - Content Pack
Description About Content Packs: FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components together. Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn ...
FileWave Overview - Content Pack
Description About Content Packs: FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components together. Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn ...
FileWave Power/Battery Reporting
Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together. Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn...
Windows Client Health Dashboard
Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together. Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn...
Apple Client Health Dashboard
Description FileWave is immensely powerful, but can be daunting when it comes to stitching the various components of a complex workflow together. Content packs are meant to give you a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn...
AutoPkg - FileWave Integrated (v15.5+)
What In FileWave version 15.5.0, we have introduced direct integration with AutoPkg, significantly streamlining the process of creating and deploying software packages. Administrators can now create new Filesets by selecting AutoPkg, allowing them to search f...
IdP Setup: Keycloak
What Before we can use Keycloak for authentication from FileWave, we must configure Keycloak and give FileWave access to it. The whole purpose of this configuration is to give FileWave permissions to talk to your Keycloak environment. When/Why This configu...
IdP Redirection URL change (15.5.1+)
What In FileWave 15.5.1 there was a change to the redirection URLs used for an IdP setup in FileWave so that the 3rd URL would use port 20443 instead of the usual 443 for HTTPS. When/Why In FileWave 15.5.1 we wanted to account for servers where port 443 wa...
FileWave Fileset Types
Filesets in FileWave are content that you want to distribute. They can take several forms, and this article will explain them. To make a new Fileset in Central simply click New Fileset in the toolbar when looking at the Filesets area. This documentation is upd...