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Support for Mobile Device Management (MDM) app configurations is available for the following FileCloud versions:

  • iOS 18.2.10
  • Android 18.2.1

FileCloud support complies with the AppConfig Community Standards.


 Mobile device management (MDM) is an industry term for the administration of mobile devices, such as:

  • smartphones 
  • tablet computers 
  • laptops 
  • desktop computers 

MDM is usually implemented with the use of a third party product that has management features for particular vendors of mobile devices.


MDM is typically a deployment of a combination of the following:

  • on-device applications and configurations
  • corporate policies and certificates
  • backend infrastructure

The reason for using MDM is to simplify and enhance the IT management of end user devices.

In modern corporate IT environments, the sheer number and diversity of managed devices (and user behavior) has motivated MDM solutions that allow the management of devices and users in a consistent and scalable way.

The overall role of MDM is to increase device supportability, security, and corporate functionality while maintaining some user flexibility.


How Do I add FileCloud to my MDM?



Important step for FC: enroll devices. Wether as Personal or Company owned. Main difference personal owned, the MDM only manages some apps and those apps' configurations. Company owned manages everything, including remote wiping the whole device.

Again check your MDM support documentation, but we give here an example for a knwon MDM service: VMWare's https://www.air-watch.com

• Go to:

• Search for the app

Once added you'll be asked to add an assignment and configure the app for your users.

You can access these settings either when adding the app as above, or afterwards navigating to:

• Then either add an assignment or edit an existing one


For us the important settings are:

• Set Application Configuration → Enabled

• Upload the XML configuration file, either this FileCloud MDM specfile.xml or this FileCloud MDM specfile simple.xml which will populate the configuration fields for the admin to configure.

Note: Feel free to delete the configuration fields that do not apply to your organization.

Note: Sensitive information such as password are best removed from the configuration. When not present users will be prompted to input their password manually on the device once.

Note: If your MDM doesn't recognize any of the provided XML spec files, you can enter those values manually:

- account (String): Account / Enter the name of the account you want to setu
- sso (String): SSO / Set this value to true to create an SSO account
- password (String): Password / Password of the account to setup (for non-SSO accounts)
- server (String): Server address / URL of your FileCloud server (MUST start with http:// or https://)
- enforce_lock (Boolean): Enforce lock / Set to true to prevent login if an app-specific passcode has not been set
- disable_edit (Boolean): Disable edit / Set to true to disable operations such as rename, copy, upload (if applicable)
- disable_download (Boolean): Disable download / Set to true to disable prevent file and folder downloads
- disable_openwith (Boolean): Disable 'Open with...' / Set to true to disable "Open with…"
- disable_share (Boolean): Disable Share / Set to true to disable "Share" operation
- disable_favs (Boolean): Disable Favorites / Set to true to disable "Add to Favorites" operation

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