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Uninstalling Filesets
Uninstalling Filesets Creating installation Filesets is one of the key aspects to FileWave device management, yet, a somewhat overlooked topic is uninstalling Filesets. This KB will aim to highlight some considerations in the differing ways this could be app...
VPP Licensing Reservations (v14+)
The History Before FileWave 14, VPP app license reservations could create extra work after purchasing more licenses. In the example below, 25 licenses were purchased first, and the auto-created Fileset (payload) reserved exactly 25 licenses. That model became ...
Executing a Client-Side Script-Based Verification
What The "verify" option of the fwGUI client application allows you to run a "verify" from the client programmatically. When/Why We are going to use this option whenever we want to get "immediate" feedback from a client. For instance, as a post-installatio...
Create a Smart Group from an Inventory Query (Report)
What Smart group creation in FIleWave has always been a duplicated effort if you wanted a smart group that was identical to an inventory query (report) that already existed. This duplication of effort was inefficient. When/Why With version 14+ of FileWave,...
Duplicating Smart Groups
What Prior to version 14 of FileWave, creation of similar smart groups could be quite tedious. With version 14+, you can now duplicate a pre-existing smart group. When/Why We are going to want to use this function whenever we have a very similar smart grou...
Filtering in Inventory Reports
What Inventory Reports (formerly Queries) in FileWave can be filtered for specific values, similar to filtering in the Clients view. When/Why Use filtering when you need to get to a specific inventory result quickly. For example, if a user gives you an asset t...
Move a Fileset to Another Group
What The Move To... command moves a Fileset into another Fileset group without dragging it through the Filesets list. When to use it Use Move To... when a long Filesets list makes drag and drop slow or when you want to choose the destination group explicitly. ...
Smart Group Preview
What When creating a smart group based on an inventory query, the number of results in the query preview can potentially be different from what will actually be in the smart group once you save it. This can happen for a number of reasons: For example if a de...
Target Windows Imaging with Smart Groups
What Smart Groups do in imaging Use Smart Groups to select Windows devices for imaging based on inventory or Custom Field criteria such as hardware model, UEFI, or legacy MBR boot mode. When to use Smart Groups Smart Groups reduce manual target selection when ...
MSI & PKG Payloads
What FileWave Anywhere can create computer Payloads for MSI installers on Windows and PKG installers on macOS. Use this for straightforward installer uploads when you do not need the full FileWave Central Fileset workflow. Quick answer: In FileWave Anywhere, o...
NAT Support for Client Monitor/Verify
What FileWave can send a Verify command to managed devices even when the admin workstation does not have direct network line-of-sight to the client. This is useful for remote devices behind NAT, at home, or on networks where the admin console cannot directly r...
Deploy Software Updates to Device Groups
What FileWave Anywhere can deploy an individual software update to a manual or Smart Group of devices. When to use groups Use group deployment to stage a patch for a testing ring, department, location, or another device set you already maintain in FileWave wit...
Software Updates: Rollout Plans
In FileWave version 16+ this feature is currently disabled and being re-designed due to the changes with Software Updates. What FileWave Version 14.5+ now adds the capability to deploy Software Updates during specified hours of the day/week. We are quite ex...
Rename a FileWave Desktop Client Safely
Renaming a desktop client in FileWave Central updates its Client Name inventory field and turns off Sync Computer Name in the client preferences. This keeps the operating system's computer name from immediately replacing the FileWave name. The Device Name inve...
Bootstrap Token Management on macOS
Introduction macOS 10.15 Catalina introduces a new method of SecureToken enablement called Bootstrap Token. This is an MDM-based management feature to automatically provide a SecureToken on all mobile account logins. This does not affect how local accounts ge...
FileWave Release History
FileWave issues major releases on a roughly quarterly basis. You'll find the history of features in previous releases shown below. FileWave 16.3.x (May 2026) FileWave Management Suite Changes Debian 13 Support FileWave 16.3 transitions its Linux base platfor...
Apple VPP/ADE Volume Content Terms
What happens when Apple updates Volume Content Terms? Apple periodically updates terms for Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager. When new terms are pending, your organization may be unable to enroll devices, sync ADE devices, or deploy new Volume Pu...
Setting the Primary Colour, Name and Logo in Kiosk/App Portal (16.0+)
What This article provides step-by-step instructions for configuring the new Kiosk2 and App Portal introduced in FileWave 16.0, including how to set a primary colour, name, and logo for the App Portal / Kiosk on FileWave v16.0+. When/Why For brand consistency,...