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Signed Apple Profiles
What With the release of FileWave 15.5, all configuration profiles deployed to Apple devices are now automatically signed. Profile signing enhances security by verifying the authenticity and integrity of the profiles, ensuring they haven’t been altered or tam...
Apple Profile: System Logging
What The System Logging Profile is a new feature added to the Profile Editor in the web interface, mirroring the functionality available in Central Admin. This profile empowers administrators to configure system logging settings on macOS devices, including en...
Apple Profile: ACME Certificate
What The ACME Certificate profile is a new Apple Profile component introduced in FileWave 15.5.0 and above. This feature allows administrators to configure and manage ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment) certificates on Apple devices directly t...
Apple Profile: Apple Intelligence
What Apple has introduced new controls that allow Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions to manage and restrict the use of Apple Intelligence features on managed devices. Starting with FileWave 15.5.0, administrators can configure these settings within the ...
Background Tasks (DDM status - macOS)
What FileWave has integrated Apple’s Declarative Device Management (DDM) capabilities to enhance the monitoring of background tasks on macOS devices. This new feature allows administrators to receive detailed reports on the background tasks that are present. ...
Apple Device Management - DDM Assets
What In FileWave 15.5, a new feature called Assets has been introduced to enhance Apple’s Device Declarative Management (DDM). Assets are reusable components that can be shared among different configurations. They allow administrators to create common setting...
Last Changed Inventory Field
What We’ve added a new “Last Changed” field in FileWave Inventory starting with version 15.5.0. This field records the date and time when any custom or built-in field value is updated for a client or when the client reports to the inventory. When/Why The “L...
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...
Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (Debian)
What This Knowledge Base (KB) article discusses the use of a shell script to automate the process of setting up Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for a FileWave server. Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open Certificate Authority (CA) that provides SSL cer...
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 Version 15.4.1 (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 15.4.0 (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 Version 15.3.1 (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...