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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 16.2.x (Oct 2025) FileWave Management Suite Changes Unified Notification System (Central & Anywhere) FileWa...
Apple VPP/ADE Volume Content Terms
What are Apple's new terms? Apple periodically updates the Volume Content Terms on Apple Business Manager. Upon the release of an updated version, your organization will be unable to enroll devices or deploy new apps until an Administrator signs into Apple Bu...
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 consisten...
FileWave Kiosk for iOS/iPadOS overview (15.3+)
What The Self-Service Kiosk is FileWave's self-service experience for iOS and iPadOS devices. It lets users browse Kiosk-associated applications, profiles, books, and other approved content without IT having to assign every item directly to each iPad or iPhone...
FileWave Server On-Premise
For on-premise FileWave Server installs, make the server name and certificate decisions early. These settings affect how clients and MDM-enrolled devices connect to the server, so changing them later can be disruptive. Server Name The FileWave Server name shou...
FileWave Server Installation
FileWave Server is the core service behind device management. Initial setup and ongoing administration still rely on FileWave Central (macOS or Windows), and some tasks are also available in FileWave Anywhere. This overview does not cover Boosters or IVS. Over...
FileWave Access - Passwords
FileWave Administrator FileWave installations provide an initial user which has full permissions. On initial launch, this password should be changed as a matter of security. The default account is: Name: fwadmin Password: filewave The password may be...
FileWave Server Upgrades
Upgrading for hosted servers will be a matter of communication between FileWave and hosted customers. However for on-premise, consider the following process Upgrade Process Download the chosen upgrades from the FileWave Download Pages. This will be at th...
FileWave Server Time
Time is critical with servers and acceptance of certificates and communication. As such, it is imperative that time is kept in sync. It is possible to run one-off commands to achieve this, but better still, consider enabling automated time sync. macOS macO...
Plugin Installation
Plugins are a great way to extend the features of Grafana, optimising the Grafana experience. Recommendation is that any installed plugins are signed. All plugins from the built-in search should be approved already, but plugins are available from other sourc...
Plugin Configuration
Some plugins may require additional configuration, e.g. they require reference to additional files. An example of this is the CSV plugin by Marcus Olsson. When selecting the CSV Plugin as a Data Source, the path to the CSV file is required, with a choice of ...
Fileset Status meanings
Fileset Inventory Status In the stable below are the Fileset status codes that can occur in FileWave and some steps to reproduce some of them. Code Status Type Severity Fileset Status (Client Info) Deployment Status Available...
Understanding and Resolving Proxy Communication Issues in FileWave
What This article addresses the common communication issues encountered with FileWave, especially when using proxy servers like Lightspeed, Securly, and others. These issues often arise during periods of high network traffic, such as the re-deployment of devi...
Adobe Creative Cloud (macOS)
Description In today's digital age, visual content plays a pivotal role in branding, marketing, and communication strategies for enterprises. Adobe Creative Cloud offers a robust suite of tools tailored for creative professionals, and its enterprise version b...
Adobe Creative Cloud (Windows EXE)
Description This recipe walks through deploying an Adobe Creative Cloud for Windows package, created in the Adobe Admin Console, as a FileWave desktop Fileset. Adobe's current packaging workflow is in Admin Console > Packages. Creative Cloud Packager is still ...
FileWave Hosted Servers and IVS Setup
Using IVS imaging for Windows for Hosted customers is supported but is different than an on-prem implementation. A Hosted customer is one where FileWave runs your FileWave Server in our cloud services. Notes below explain how to use IVS with a Hosted Server,...
CrowdStrike Falcon Protection (macOS)
Description Needing to deploy to CrowdStrike Falcon antivirus to your macOS fleet? FileWave has you covered. CrowdStrike's flagship product is called Falcon, which is a cloud-native platform that combines next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection and respo...
CrowdStrike Falcon Protection (Windows EXE)
Description Needing to deploy to Crowdstrike Falcon antivirus to your Windows fleet? FileWave has you covered. CrowdStrike's flagship product is called Falcon, which is a cloud-native platform that combines next-generation antivirus, endpoint detection and r...