Software Download

Self Service Kiosk
FileWave 5.5 (and later) now includes a "Self Service / Kiosk" component.  Associations between a fileset and a client or group can be marked with the "Kiosk" flag - making the fileset appear within the end-users Self Service application.
 

iOS v5.0 MDM Management
FileWave v5.5 (and later) now supports iOS v5, the major feature of which is to be able to directly install/remove iTunes Paid Apps without requiring redirection to iTunes for installation. The VPP code management has been significantly improved so that a single set of VPP codes can be assigned across multiple filesets for the same iTunes app.
 
Software Update
The FileWave Administrator can now control Software Update for both Mac and Windows machines from within the FileWave Admin UI.  The FileWave Administrator can choose updates to import (as filesets), test them and deploy them in a well controlled manner - either to a single group, many groups or even just one machine.  Software Update includes features applicable for tightly controlled environments, as well as "fire and forget" options for smaller organizations.

MDM:
- iOS Devices can enroll themselves with the FileWave Server and be added to the clients tree
- MDM commands available on iOS devices: Lock, Clear Passcode, Remote Wipe, Force Inventory Reload
- Upload your Apple Push Notification certificate and key via the Admin
- .mobileconfig files can be added to the filewave server and deployed to enrolled iOS devices
- Get device info, installed apps, installed profiles, and sent commands for iOS devices
- Smart groups support iOS devices, can filter by iOS device type
- Added new tab with exportable, sortable, and filterable inventory information about iOS devices.
- Added filtering in clients tab for Mobile devices
- Admins have the ability to create FileWave enrollment webclip .mobileconfig files for use with iOS images
- Status of MDM Server displayed in bottom left of main Admin window
- Admins may search the iTunes App store, create app filesets, and deploy them to iOS devices
- Volume Purchasing codes may be added to app filesets, are automatically used when the client attempts to download the app

Auto-Add new clients:
- Administrators now have a setting in the New Clients From Server window to choose a group automatically add clients that try to connect to the server to the chosen group
- Clients will immediately receive smart group associations as well as those assigned to the chosen auto-add group hierarchy

Remote Wipe (Computers):
- Admins may now set a single client to erase its hard disk upon model update
- Requires the super user to input his password in order to set or unset remote wipe on a machine

LDAP Tree Synchronization:
- Admins now have the option to automatically sync their connected LDAP servers to a smart group hierarchy in the Clients tree
- Independent LDAP Smart groups can now be set to find clients recursively or non-recursively
- LDAP Computer smart groups supported

Managed Preferences:
- Admins managing os x clients now have a number of MCX preference options like those in Workgroup Manager that can be deployed to clients
- Dock -- Admins can manage the contents and display settings for the Dock of client machines
- Printers -- dd printers to client machines' printer list
- Energy Saver -- manage the sleep timers, startup/shutdown schedule, and power usage settings on client machines
- Login/Logout hooks -- Easily deploy login/logout hooks to a client machine

LDAP Tree Synchronization:
- Admins now have the option to automatically sync their connected LDAP servers to a smart group hierarchy in the Clients tree
- Independent LDAP Smart groups can now be set to find clients recursively or non-recursively
- LDAP Computer smart groups supported

Managed Preferences:
- Admins managing os x clients now have a number of MCX preference options like those in Workgroup Manager that can be deployed to clients
- Dock -- Admins can manage the contents and display settings for the Dock of client machines
- Printers -- dd printers to client machines' printer list
- Energy Saver -- manage the sleep timers, startup/shutdown schedule, and power usage settings on client machines
- Login/Logout hooks -- Easily deploy login/logout hooks to a client machine

Intelligent Downloader:
- Files that are already present as exact copies on the client aren't downloaded
- Files contained multiple filesets aren't deleted from the client unless all filesets containing them are deleted.
- Upgrade scenario of add new association and delete old in one model update now supported

iTunes Library Deployment:
- Admins may now search the local iTunes on the admin computer and create filesets that auto add items to 10.x iTunes libraries

Performance Improvements:
- Improved file download performance when verifying and updating filesets
- Smart group evaluation now faster and performed on a thread, improves admin and server responsiveness for large dbs
- Improved login performance
- Improved for filtering and view switching performance
- Improved file search query performance
- Improved server performance when under heavy client load

User Interface Improvements:
- General UI improvements for main windows (smaller toolbar, filters moved into tabs, less blank space)
- Added visual counts of displayed item types in Clients, Filesets, and Associations views
- Improved the Admin status bar functionality and appearance
- Improved UI in Create Associations Window, fixed issues with filtering
- New Clients From Server UI improved, filter added to group picker
- Improved message when the wrong password is used to log into the server
- Added a vertical splitter to the Associations tab
- Made units (MB/GB) on Booster more human readable
- Improved initial placement of managed dialogs
- Cleaned up contextual menus so that only relevant items appear for the selected object
- Fileset Contents now resizes name column after searching