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FileWave 5
New Features in Version 5
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