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IAM Administrator

, Filed Under: Directory Services, UT Directory Release Notes

UT Directory v2

On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 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. and WCS teams will release version 2.0.0 of the UT Directory, implementing the following changes:

  • A full rewrite of the application in Python/Django.
  • The “Complex Search” feature will be removed.
  • The JSON and XML output format options will be removed.
  • The FAQ content will be moved to KB article KB0019879.
  • The search results will be changed to always show the search form again.
  • The advanced search will be changed to preserve curly quotes in the search query.
  • Other cosmetic changes.

, Filed Under: Authentication, Enterprise Authentication Changelog

Change Log – Enterprise Authentication – IDP v5 Upgrade

  • Upgraded to the InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAPTAP The InCommon Trusted Access Platform (TAP) is an identity and access management suite of software.) Identity Provider (IdPIdP An Identity Provider (IdP) is a software tool or service that offers user authentication as a service. The IdP manages the user's primary authentication credentials and issues assertions derived from those credentials. At UT Austin, the primary IdP used to authenticate the UT EID and EID Password is Enterprise Authentication, which is managed by the IAM Team. For more information, see our Concepts page.) version 5.