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Profiles utilise Apple’s defined payloads, allowing management or configuration of User and System.  FileWave presets User or System correctly where only one option is available for included payloads.  Some payloads, though, could be either User or System as s...

Android Filesets are created from either the public or private Play Store.  Additionally, Web Apps may be considered. Three tabs are available for a Play Store App Fileset: Configuration, Permissions and Managed Properties.  The later will only contain mana...

Properties exist for most Filesets, but options displayed will vary depending upon Fileset type. File Level Filesets include: Properties Additional features, including Reboot (force sub-option), priority and an option to alter the verification f...

Dependencies offer a way to associate multiple Filesets with reliance upon other Filesets to be installed first. From the below example image, 2 Fileset Dependency Properties are displayed. Left image: the Fileset which will instal first (should not be ass...

Previously, updating one version of a software, for example, to a newer version, would require: a new Fileset created, new association or deployment generated and then the prior association removed.  Revisions simplifies this process. To prevent associations ...

Description Filesets have the option to set an activation time, but what about items based upon timing of day, for example, rather than a dedicated date. Policy Blocker Scripts are really designed to pause management of clients.  However, with some clever ...

Description Dependencies offer a structure for Fileset installations, ensuring one or more Filesets are installed prior to one or more other Filesets.  This works great, apart from where Apple MDM Filesets are involved. Fileset Activation Quick Re-cap Stand...

What Smart Groups provide extensive power to Fileset management.  By way of preset criteria, devices enter and leave groups appropriately.  However, it is possible for this to go wrong and get unexpected experiences.  Policy Loops are an example of such behav...

What Naturally devices require software and that software needs updating.  The question is how. For managed software, e.g. Apple VPP Apps, updates occur automatically, but other software deployed using PKG, MSI, EXE or file level Filesets then what happens. ...

What There will likely come a time when software installed is no longer required.  What options are there for removing installed software. Options Self-Healing The verification settings ‘Self Healing’ and ‘Download if Missing’ ensure that any files include...

What Apple Profiles contain Payloads Payloads provide configuration options As of macOS 11, Profiles may only be delivered to devices which are also MDM enrolled.  (MDM is the only enrolment option for iOS and similar OS types). That’s the fundamentals...

What Android Policies provide a method of configuration. Key aspects: Policies may contain multiple types of settings Multiple Policies may be pushed to devices Example Policy, allowing Developer Settings, including setting Debug: Possibly, one of ...

During provisioning of devices, Android, by default, disables the built-in System Apps.  This of course, may be undesirable. FileWave 15.3+ includes an additional custom setting to alter this behaviour. Configuring the below will impact all Android devices d...

What Each Inventory Items has an Internal Name, including Custom Fields which provide extended inventory The Internal Name can be used to reference an Inventory Item in Scripts These Internal Names should be added to either the Launch Arguments or Environ...

What Each Inventory Items has an Internal Name, including Custom Fields which provide extended inventory The Internal Name can be used to reference any Inventory Items in Profiles When Internal Name of an Inventory Item may be located from the Inventor...

What For scripts added to FileWave Filesets using the Script view, logging is enabled by default. When Each time a Script (as built above) is actioned on a device, a log file is created or added to, with anything that the script outputs.  The logs of thes...

What From inception known as Device Enrolment Programme (DEP), Apple's Automated Device Enrolment (ADE) is a zero touch enrolment method for Apple devices. This article aims to cover the generic processes. When/Why Typically this process is used with new d...

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 a leg-up in creating distributable content and are also a great way to learn by e...

Description Enrolling Apple devices involves the installation of an MDM Enrolment Profile.     Installation may be initiated by either the user or the device.  This same distinction also applies to the linking of the enrolment. Initia...

What At times, MDM may appear slow or even worse, the MDM Enrolment Profile no longer seems to be apparent, preventing MDM management until re-enrolled.  Why Apple observed that osquery can cause such issues, depending upon configuration. osquery is a tool...