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Understanding and Utilizing the Windows Update Build Revision (UBR) Number
What The Update Build Revision (UBR) number is a unique identifier for individual updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems. It allows IT administrators to track, monitor, and ensure that their devices are up-to-date with the latest security patc...
Adding A Printer for All Users (Windows)
The task at hand seems simple enough...install a printer for a Windows user for a printer on a Print Server. In our example, I'll use a print share called BigDill on a print server named Arkone. Easy, right? A quick web search for "powershell add printer" ta...
Storing the BitLocker volume keys using a Custom Field
Use a FileWave Custom Field to store the volume keys for your BitLocker volumes. This can be helpful if you don't have another way to escrow the volume keys. The Custom Field outlined in this article will get the volume key for every volume so if there is an e...
Deploy SSL Certificates (Windows)
Deploy SSL certificates to Windows "Trusted Root Certification Authorities" certificate store for use in secure services such as web content filters. Step-by-step guide Download, unzip, and import the following Fileset Template into FileWave Central - Wind...
Active Directory Join (Windows)
Description This Fileset is designed to bind Windows computers to a Directory structure. By associating this Fileset the binding process can be automated. Ingredients Active Directory domain Windows 10 or 11 filewave client FileWave Admin Directions ...
Firefox Configuration Recipe (Windows)
Description After installing Firefox, some configuration may be desirable, examples may include: Block auto updates Set home page Disable Mozilla First Run Pages Firefox DocumentationThe details of the Fileset are based upon: Firefox ConfigurationThis...
Microsoft Office Deployment (macOS)
What Deploying Microsoft Office for macOS with FileWave is the process of pushing out Microsoft Office for macOS software to a large number of macOS devices using FileWave's Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) tool. FileWave is a software management tool that a...
Firefox Configuration Recipe (macOS)
Description After installing Firefox, some configuration may be desirable, examples may include: Block auto updates Set home page Disable Mozilla First Run Pages Firefox DocumentationThe details of the Fileset are based upon: Firefox ConfigurationThis...
VPP Device Assignment
About Device Assignment With the release of FileWave version 10 and iOS 9 comes a new, simpler way to assign licenses for apps purchased through Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP). Unlike VPP's previous options, which employed codes or user assignments, yo...
iOS BYOD User Enrollment Overview
What With Version 14(+) of FileWave, you can now BYOD (bring-your-own-device) enroll a device without giving total management of the device to the system admin. When/Why Typically, this option works best if the device to be supported is not company owned. ...
Managing BYOD User Enrollment
What You have no doubt gotten used to managing supervised iOS devices, where you have the ability to manage most elements of the device. If you have previously had folks do a manual OTA enrollment, then you know you have less management of those devices than...
iOS BYOD and VPP License Assignment Change
What For a few years, device license assignment has been the preferred method for assigning licenses for managed iOS devices. But, with BYOD enrolled devices, licenses can't be assigned to the device... So FileWave have made some changes to how we handle th...
New Inventory Item -- Enrollment Type
What There are now several methods of enrolling devices into FileWave and a new inventory field has been created to record the enrollment method. When/Why This field can be helpful when assigning content to devices. The field in question is called Enrollme...
Unlock Token in iOS 13
FileWave's MDM solution has the ability to unlock devices which are passcode protected. This can be very useful to recover devices without knowing the passcode set by students or users. To achieve this, the device sends FileWave an Unlock Token, which is then...
Detecting the Display Model using a Custom Field
Use a FileWave Custom Field to store the model of display connected to a Mac or Windows system. Adding the Custom Field Download the following Custom Field export - Display Model Custom Field.customfields Import the downloaded file into "FileWave Admin>A...
Fileset recipe to block applications by name (macOS Script)
The Fileset will block the supplied list of applications on your macOS machines by running a script every 5 seconds on your client machines. Step-by-step guide Download, edit and associate the below Fileset. Download the "macOS - Block Applications.files...
Deploy Folder with Icons (macOS)
Description The following demonstrates how to successfully deploy folders with custom icons. There have been changes by Apple which means previous methods may fail to present the icon. Information This process will involve: Creating a fileset that inclu...
Fileset to block Apple Install macOS applications
Description As described, this only blocks macOS Installer Applications. Preventing users from using Software Updates can only be achieved with Defer Apple OS Updates and you should consider this because Software Update is capable or running the upgrade even...
DeepFreeze (macOS/Windows)
Description DeepFreeze is a common pieces of software used by Administrators, many people have asked us how the two interact. Simply putting the two on one computer would cause the software to conflict, as FileWave would deploy software and DeepFreeze would r...
M1 Silicon macOS and Recovery
Description Apple M1 devices require an alternate method for Recovery Mode and other considerations may need to actioned. FileWave has seen instances where M1 macOS devices are no longer accessible after the first reboot following DEP enrolment. It is belie...