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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: 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 Device Management - DDM Configurations
What Device Declarative Management (DDM) is Apple’s modern approach to device management, introduced to enhance and eventually replace traditional Mobile Device Management (MDM) protocols. With FileWave 15.5, support for DDM configurations is now available, a...
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...
Control Await Configuration state (ADE 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...
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...
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. ...
Force Enable Notifications on iOS and macOS for FileWave Kiosk
What To ensure that notifications from the FileWave Kiosk and End User Notifications are consistently displayed on macOS and iOS/iPadOS devices, administrators can deploy an Apple Profile that forces notifications for the com.filewave.kiosk2 and com.filewave....
FileWave Debian Appliances and Networking Issues
What FileWave provides pre-built Appliances, quick to setup and peace of mind all should be well. These currently include: FileWave Server Booster IVS Out of the box, FileWave Appliances are configured to use DHCP. You should note that these concepts...
Apple MDM Command History
What Any Apple devices that are MDM enrolled should receive MDM Requests. Each Client Info lists the requests for that device. Why MDM Command History exists to display all requests queued and sent to devices, along with the result of those requests; addit...
Windows Imaging in FileWave: Secure Imaging Option (15.5+)
What In FileWave version 15.5.0, significant changes have been made to the Windows Imaging process using the Imaging Virtual Server (IVS). Previously, when imaging or capturing a Windows system, the device would mount NFS (Network File System) volumes directl...
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...
Truce Family integration with FileWave
What TRUCE Family on FileWave is a dynamic device management solution designed to balance smartphone use in schools and at home. It allows schools and parents to customize and control access to apps and services based on location, activity, and time, ensuri...
OTRS integration with FileWave
What The integration between OTRS and FileWave unifies IT ticketing and multi-platform device management into a single, efficient platform. This collaboration enhances automation, reduces manual processes, and ensures real-time data accuracy, all while stre...
Execute Powershell Scripts as Defined User
Description By default, the FileWave Client executes scripts and tasks with elevated permissions (System on Windows). The below shows a method to launch a command as an alternate user. Ingredients Text editor FileWave Central Directions This method r...
Apple Customise User Access in ASM/ABM
What A new feature for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 from Apple, Customise User Access controls Managed Apple IDs access to Apps and services. Requires either Apple School or Business Manager Access control includes: iCloud and App FaceTime and iMessa...
FileWave Automation Scripts
This article contains the scripts used by the Downloads page. The scripts are here for documentation purposes. Scripts FileWave Server Upgrade fwxserver_upgrade.sh - This script is used by the Download page fro FileWave Server upgrades on Debian. Some detai...
FileWave Custom Installer
Why When installing the FileWave client on computers, it is necessary for the client to know certain information, for example, the FileWave Server address, whilst other information may also be useful to include: Boosters, Booster Routing, Enabling/Disabling R...