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What For many years now, FileWave has leveraged the Software Update tool on macOS devices to evaluate and to deploy software updates.  With the release of macOS 11 (Big Sur) this behavior has changed somewhat. When/Why We'll still want to deploy software up...

What Nudge is a tool designed for macOS Big Sur 11 and later.  It is a multi-linguistic application offering custom user deferrals, strongly encouraging users to self update macOS. This macOS application helps users stay up-to-date with software updates and ...

Before beginning the setup of the Chromebooks, we must first provide you with a temporary Activation Code to license the amount Chromebooks you currently have under management in Google Admin Console. Please email the total number of "Provisioned" Chromebooks ...

All you need to do to enroll a Windows Client is to deploy a customized FileWave Client MSI to your machines. We typically recommend using an existing tool capable of deploying a MSI such as Group Policy. This customized MSI can also be "baked" into a Windows...

Enrolling Android devices to FileWave If you haven't already, please consult the Client Pre-Requisites > Android section to learn how to enroll Android EMM devices into FileWave. There are several ways to enroll Androi...

Benefits of ADE Enrollment iOS, tvOS, and macOS can all take advantage of Apple ADE enrollment. ADE enrollments will force a specific set of preferences on the device and force enrollment to FileWave any time the device is Factory Reset. Another huge benefit ...

Not able to use DEP? Apple's Device Enrollment Program is great but you may find that all or some of your devices aren't showing in Apple School Manager or Apple Business Manager. Devices are usually excluded because they were not purchased directly from Ap...

How to enroll Chromebooks into FileWave Before enrolling Chromebooks, review Platform Integrations > Chromebooks to confirm Google Admin Console is syncing with FileWave. After that sync completes, provisioned Chromebooks appear in FileWave Central without a ...

How to enroll Windows Clients into FileWave If you haven't already, review the Platform Integrations > Windows section for guidance on installing the Windows FileWave Client. If your organization uses Microsoft Entra ID and users sign in to Windows with Entra ...

Section Details Use the platform sections below to create the Filesets or profiles you need. After you have at least one Fileset, use this page to associate it with devices or groups. Windows Software iOS Software and Profiles macOS Software and Profiles Andro...

Windows Filesets FileWave allows you to deploy any file, native installer, or script to a Windows machine. FileWave has no file-type or file-size restrictions and all scripts and installers will be launched with elevated privileges by default. After creati...

iOS Filesets FileWave can deploy just about everything supported on iOS device including Profiles, VPP applications, .IPA applications, iBooks, and PDFs using Filesets. After creating a Fileset, please make sure to review the Fileset Creation and Deploymen...

macOS Filesets FileWave allows you to deploy any file, native installer, scripts, or Profiles to a macOS machine. FileWave has no file-type or file-size restrictions and all scripts and installers will be launched with elevated privileges by default. After...

Android Filesets Deploying Google Play Apps Deploying Google Play Web Apps Android Policies Android EMM Policies and Permissions ...

One image to rule them all Well, at least that's the plan. Since FileWave recommends using a thin image that has been Sysprep'd with "/generalize" and "/oobe", your Master Image will not be specific to any make/model of computer and will go through the defaul...

Start your imagin' ! Now that we have captured our Master Image, let's deploy it out to some Windows machines. Associate an image to machines You can associate a Windows image to a previously enrolled FileWave Client or to a "bare-metal" machine using a...

Stay Patched with FileWave Keeping your Windows, macOS, iOS, and tvOS device's operating systems updated is one of the most important steps to ensuring device security. FileWave sync with the default Microsoft and Apple Software Update catalogs allowing you t...

FileWave Imaging Virtual Server (IVS) FileWave's ability to image is done by leveraging an on-premise server that we refer to as the "IVS". This server must be virtualized in either Hyper-V or VMWare environments. The IVS uses PXE Boot to network boot your ...