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Release Notes – uTexas Identity Manager – TIM 2027.1.2

Posted on by The IAM Team

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026 the IAMIAM Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a set of policies, processes, and technologies designed to ensure that the right individuals (identities) have the right access to resources within an organization. IAM involves managing and securing digital identities, controlling access to systems and data, and maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Team released version 2027.1.2 of the uTexas Identity Manager (TIMTIM The uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) is the University’s identity manager. See uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) in the service catalog for more information.), implementing the following changes:

Changed

  • Updated the EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See our Concepts page for more information. Contacts tab to reference ET Support Center instead of ITSITS Information Technology Services (ITS) Help Desk.
  • Updated the EID Admin Tool logo from ITS to ET.
  • TIM now accepts a Badge ID Number of any length from ID Card, and returns a clearer error when a null value is sent.

Fixed

  • Fixed an issue where a person’s primary affiliationAffiliation An affiliation is an attribute which reflects, at a high level, how an individual is related to the university. At any point in time, an individual may have no defined relationship, one defined relationship, or many defined relationships with the university. For example, and individual may be a current student, a future faculty member, a former employee, or all three. in TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information. could remain stale after an employment classification change with no accompanying affiliation add or remove.
  • Fixed an issue where blank values from Workday weren’t propagating through TIM to TED, which could leave Active Directory and Enterprise Group Service memberships based on stale data (e.g., retaining membership in a group after leaving a department).