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Description Installation of Chrome or any app that simply goes in /Applications can be fairly simple to do with a Fileset, but if the application is presented as a PKG that does other things besides simply copying a file to /Applications, then this can be a g...

Information The Nation Cyber Security Centre has various guides on security.  This article covers a section of the End User Device Security Collection and how to use FileWave to monitor or follow the guidance as laid out: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/eud...

Who is Dave? An AI-powered assistant from wonderchat with full knowledge of the FileWave Knowledge Base, capable of having conversations in any language about using FileWave. How can I access Dave? Right here in the KB you can always click the chat bubble i...

Description Boosters running on Windows systems may be configured with a SuperPrefs Fileset: Creating a Superprefs Fileset Alternatively, it is possible to script Booster settings using a script.  The following script may be used to change booster settings o...

Description There are setups where automated Booster configuration is desirable; for example devices that may move in and out of the business or between offices.  Covered here is an example method allowing clients to automatically adapt their Booster settings...

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. We believe the best way to provide complete support for all endpoints, develop exciting new features more...

What FileWave Deployments (the next generation of Associations) are now fully implemented in FileWave Central for creation, edit and deletion. When/Why We’ll use a FileWave Deployment to assign content to devices, Deployments are like associations, except t...

What The Force Reboot feature is a new functionality that is available in FileWave v14.10.0. This feature enables you to force a macOS or Windows device to reboot after installing a Fileset. This feature is helpful in situations where quick and immediate inst...

What Prior to version 14.9 of FIleWave, Password and Keyguard policies were included automatically in an Android Default Custom Policy. An Android Default Custom Policy sets certain device parameters for ALL managed Android EMM devices. In Version 14.9, this ...

What Deployments are not exactly the same as associations, but they are very, very similar. You can think of them as über-associations, or grouped associations. When/Why We’ll use deployments to assign content to devices, just as we would with an associatio...

What Deployments are new, and will replace Associations entirely eventually. But, does this make them better? Why yes, indeed it does! However there are exceptions where Associations still may be required. Deployments First consider deployments. When/Why ...

What So deployments allow us to put together multiple payloads for deployment in an easy way and then edit these deployment rules in bulk. Great! But, which things should I put in the same deployment? When/Why The question above applies whether you are crea...

What Every deployment has related metadata about the content being deployed. That is, HOW it should be deployed, WHEN it should be deployed, and what LICENSING options to use. When/Why Deployments are only effective for multiple payloads/destinations if ALL...

What We have established in the previous article that you can combine any payloads or destinations into the same deployment if all of the metadata would be the same. For example, I want to deploy Firefox and Chrome to the IT and HR departments starting on Fri...

What We’ve covered in other articles what types of content we might put together in a singular deployment, and we’ve discussed best practices for deployments in general. But some of you may be asking: “I have 1000 associations currently, is there a way for me...

What The guidance we have given in other articles is about making sure metadata matches when converting associations. But sometimes, we need to convert items that don’t match in order to “fix” them. This article covers how “conflicts” are handled within conve...

What Clones are a theoretical concept in FileWave. A clone represents a symbolic link to an actual device/device group. This article covers how clones are treated differently in deployments compared to how they are handled in associations. When/Why Sometime...

What What is CSP?  A configuration service provider (CSP) is an interface to read, set, modify, or delete configuration settings on Windows devices, and the options available have been expanded in FileWave 14.8+ to include Microsoft Software Update management...

What As a user of FileWave Anywhere, I frequently have to resize columns when I’m using it. When/Why In v14.8.0 we have introduced the ability to store preferences about column width so that when you login columns will retain their size as appropriate. How...

What You may need to remove and re-enroll the IVS to troubleshoot. Instead of straightforward deleting and enrolling the IVS again, you will need to remove the client and admin IVS configurations, before removing. Once these configurations have been deleted y...