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Account-Driven User Enrollment for iOS/iPadOS BYOD Devices (v15.0+)

iOS / iPadOS iOS/iPadOS BYOD User Enrollment

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x
iOS
iPadOS

Control Await Configuration state (DEP enrolled devices)

Apple School & Business Manager Automated Device Enrollment (ADE)

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...

ADE
FileWave Version
15.5.x
DEP
iOS
iPadOS
macOS
tvOS

Admin Password management (MDM Command - macOS)

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x
macOS

Android Lost Mode

Android

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 Version
15.5.x
Android

FileWave Server on CentOS - EOL

End of Life Statements

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
Server
FileWave Version
15.2.x
EOL
FileWave Version
15.3.x
FileWave Version
15.4.x
Debian
CentOS
FileWave
Boosters
FileWave
IVS
FileWave Version
15.5.x

FileWave End-User Notifications (15.5+)

Kiosk FileWave End-User Notifications

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x
macOS
Windows
iOS
iPadOS
ChromeOS
Android

Open Source Software included in FW v15.5.1

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

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.x
OSS

FileWave Version 15.5.0 (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 The FileWave endpoi...

FileWave Version
15.5.x

MSFT Defender Reporting - Content Pack

Content Packs Compliance Packs

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 ...

Content Pack Type
Compliance
FileWave Version
15.5.x

FileWave Overview - Content Pack

Content Packs Performance Packs

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 ...

Content Pack Type
Performance
FileWave Version
15.5.x

FileWave Power/Battery Reporting

Content Packs Performance Packs

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...

macOS
FileWave Version
15.5.x
Windows
Content Pack Type
Performance

Windows Client Health Dashboard

Content Packs Performance Packs

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...

Content Pack Type
Performance
FileWave Version
15.5.x

Apple Client Health Dashboard

Content Packs Performance Packs

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...

Content Pack Type
Performance
FileWave Version
15.5.x

AutoPkg - FileWave Integrated (v15.5+)

Integrations AutoPkg with FileWave

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x

IdP Setup: Keycloak

Identity Provider (IdP) Integration

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x
IdP

IdP Redirection URL change (15.5.1+)

Identity Provider (IdP) Integration Troubleshooting

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 Version
15.5.x
IdP

FileWave Fileset Types

Filesets / Payloads

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...

FileWave Version
15.5.x

Filewave Firewall Scripts for Windows

FileWave Client

Summary FileWave Installers by default leave Windows Firewall settings untouched. This article provides scripts that opens the Windows Firewall so the Windows processes can accept connections from the outside.  For FileWave 15.5 we have baked this in to the ...

FileWave Version
16.0.x
FileWave Version
15.5.x
Windows
FileWave
Client

Setting up the IVS (Imaging Virtual Server)

Network Imaging / IVS Getting started with the Imaging Virtua...

Guide for Networking Imaging with FileWave The following steps will assist you in the setup and implementation of your Imaging Virtual Server (IVS)If you already have your Imaging sever up and running please look at these guides for how to image Windows devic...

FileWave Version
15.5.x
FileWave
IVS
FileWave Version
16.0.x

Modifying IVS Init.gz for testing purposes

Network Imaging / IVS Troubleshooting Imaging

What With the IVS, target devices uses init.gz as the boot image over the network. For troubleshooting purposes, you may want/need to make a change to this image (for instance to change a driver file or to make some workaround).  When/Why This is not an act...

FileWave
IVS
FileWave Version
15.5.x
FileWave Version
16.0.x