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Description As standard, VPP Apps on devices should update automatically, regardless of how they were installed, e.g. Kiosk or Standard Deployment.  They may also be occasion to block VPP Updates, without locking the entire device. Information By default, with...

Unlike File Level Filesets, Apple VPP Filesets contain the details of the App from the App Store, including the link to the App, with 3 distinct tabs, Details, Kiosk and Configuration.   FileWave does not store Apps from the App Store, devices will pull the Ap...

What The Command Policy in the Profile Editor is unique; the contents of a Command Policy is not a profile payload, but instead MDM commands. When/Why Some commands are available from the right click context menu, e.g. Wipe Device…. However, some commands woul...

Description VPP Apps are all well and good, but what if you need to customise the experience in some way.  Some App developers provide key/value pairs to do just that. Starting in FileWave 16.3.x, supported apps installed through DDM can also include configura...

What Starting from FileWave version 14.6.0 we added support for a new Apple API for App and Book Management within the Apple Volume Purchase Program. With FileWave 15.1.0 this API became the default. The main difference compared to the previous version is that...

About Device Assignment With the release of FileWave version 10 and iOS 9 comes a new, simpler way to assign licenses for apps purchased through Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP). Unlike VPP's previous options, which employed codes or user assignments, you...

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 ...

What The ADE (formerly known as DEP) Profile section allows us to create, edit and remove ADE (Apple Device Enrollment) profiles. When/Why There are a lot of different reasons for creating and editing ADE profiles, but in general ADE profiles control device se...

Starting with FileWave 16.3.x, FileWave supports Apple's newer Background Security Improvements behavior. Older Apple documentation, older OS families, and older FileWave screenshots may still use the earlier Rapid Security Response (RSR) wording. What changed...

What All MDM configured devices will report and receive Software Updates via MDM. This is the same for: iOS iPadOS tvOS macOS (Either Big Sur and above or earlier versions if the client is configured for MDM Software Updates) When/Why Before MDM The FileWave...

What There may be Windows OS updates that you want to simply apply without needing to create a Fileset or manage in FileWave. This new option will allow you to set it and forget it. FileWave 16.2.0 introduces a new concept to simplify Windows OS patching.  Whe...

What Starting from FileWave version 14.7+ there is a better overview of updates that should be deployed to the Windows devices managed by FileWave so that you can easier identify possible risks and deploy needed patches.  The number of missing updates is repo...

Description Apple has introduced notarisation as a requirement for installation of PKGs on macOS with macOS version 10.15. Notarisation status can be determined in two ways :  Offline: cryptographically verifying a ticket stapled to the PKG at installer creat...

What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to upgrade Boosters from within FileWave. When/Why Having to ssh or remote control to each Booster to download and run the installer takes too much time. Starting with FileWave 14...

What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to upgrade multiple Boosters from within FileWave. When/Why Having to ssh or remote control each Booster to download and run the installer takes too much time. Starting with FileW...

What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to schedule and monitor Booster upgrades from within FileWave. When/Why Having to ssh or remote control to each Booster to download and run the installer takes too much time. Star...

FileWave software uses the below-listed TCP/IP ports. These are default settings and may be configured to listen on different ports if required. Consider FileWave Server should not have IPv6 enabled for the best experience. Port Testing Please consider downloa...

What FileWave Kiosk on iOS and iPadOS is the self-service application that lets users open Kiosk, view Kiosk-associated content, install available items, and trigger actions such as Verify. Starting with FileWave 16.3.0, the current delivery method for iOS/iPa...