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Android EMM Policies and Permissions
Android EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management) allows you to create permissions and send policies. Permissions Types Permission settings may be configured on multiple levels. They are applied in this priority (low number wins). Application specific permission...
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...
FileWave Product Management
At FileWave, Product Management plays a key role in determining the trajectory of our solutions. Our commitment to transparency involves regularly sharing our product roadmap, a strategy that both fosters trust with users and ensures our product evolution rema...
Open Source Software included in FW v16.2.4
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...
APNs Certificate Creation & Renewal on macOS Computers (XCA)
Description Apple Mobile Device Management (MDM) requires an Apple Push Notification service (APNs) certificate; renewable yearly. APNs ExpiryIf APNs certificates are allowed to expire, all MDM communication will be lost, until renewed. Update Model will al...
Importing FileWave Virtual Appliance - Hyper-V
FileWave's Hyper-V VMs are usually built using the latest version of Hyper-V, typically the same one that comes with the newest version of Windows Server. When importing the FileWave Server, IVS, or on older Windows OS'es, the Hyper-V Manager console may not b...
Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (Debian)
What This Knowledge Base (KB) article covers a Debian-focused shell script that automates Let's Encrypt SSL certificate setup for a FileWave server on Debian 12/13. The script supports two challenge methods: HTTP-01 (standalone certbot) DNS-01 (Cloudflare) B...
Open Source Software included in FW v16.2.5
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...
OS Software Updates - Automation Rules
What Managing OS updates can be a burden with the quantity and frequency of new updates, requiring new Filesets and correct grouping for assignment. FileWave 16.2.0 makes this process much simpler for both Apple and Microsoft updates. When/Why Apple and Window...
Let's Encrypt Setup for FileWave Server (macOS)
What This Knowledge Base (KB) article covers the macOS FileWave Let’s Encrypt script: filewave-letsencrypt-macos.zsh The script supports two challenge methods: HTTP-01 (standalone certbot) DNS-01 (Cloudflare API token) Both paths handle certificate request...
Setting up the IVS (Imaging Virtual Server)
Guide for Networking Imaging with FileWave The following steps will assist you in the setup and implementation of your Imaging Virtual Server (IVS)If you already have your Imaging sever up and running please look at these guides for how to image Windows device...
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 relevant Kiosk app bundle identifiers....
OS Software Updates
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...
Open Source Software included in FW v16.3.0
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...
Migrating a Debian 12 Server to Debian 13
Please note that this is here for educational purposes. We are transitioning to Debian 13 with FileWave 16.3.0. This guide is published to get feedback from others and develop this process to be as safe as possible. The learnings from this article have gone in...
Securing FileWave Server on the Internet for Remote Device Management
What This article provides guidance on securely exposing and managing your FileWave server on the internet for remote device management. When/Why You might need to expose your FileWave server on the internet to manage devices anywhere they might be, including ...
Brute Force Protection
What Starting in FileWave 16.3.0, FileWave Central and FileWave Anywhere include brute force protection for sign-in attempts. When it is enabled, repeated failed logins place that user account on a temporary lockout timer. The lockout is tied to the username, ...
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, al...