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, Filed Under: Announcements, Directory Services, WPS Release Notes

White Pages Service Retirement Complete

The Identity and Access Management (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 has fully retired the White Pages Service (WPS) as of June 3, 2026.

Pre-retirement testing in May did not identify any users or business processes still dependent on WPS. The IAM Team considers all WPS capabilities successfully transitioned to the uTexas Enterprise Directory (TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information.), and TED is now fulfilling directory workflows previously handled by WPS.

What changed

WPS login and APIAPI An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. access were disabled this morning. AuthenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page., authorizationAuthorization Authorization refers to the act of determining whether an authenticated user is allowed to access a specific resource or take a specific action. For more information, see our Concepts page., and directory-related workflows previously handled in WPS are now supported through TED. Going forward, IAM Team support in this area will focus on TED onboarding, configuration assistance, and requests for historical WPS data in accordance with university records retention policies.

Next steps

If you discover a WPS dependency after June 3, 2026, contact the IAM Team immediately at iam-integrations@utlists.utexas.edu.

For information on requesting TED access and completing setup, see the knowledge base article TED: Requesting Access to TED.

, Filed Under: Directory Services, TED Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Enterprise Directory – Release 2026.1.0

On Saturday, December 6, 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. Team released version 2026.1.0 of TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information., implementing the following changes:

  • Updating to RHEL 9
  • Adding nfs-utils to build process
  • Updating patching playbook with DB reindexing

, Filed Under: TED Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Enterprise Directory – Release 20250721123301

On Wednesday, July 23, 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. Team released version 20250721123301 of TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information., implementing the following changes:

  • Cipher Suites updates
  • Firewall updates

, Filed Under: TED Release Notes

Release Notes – uTexas Enterprise Directory – Release 20250604095505

On Saturday, June 7, 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. Team released version 20250604095505 of TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information., implementing the following changes:

  • Updating to latest OpenLDAP 2.6.10
  • Adding new Service 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. to ACL WEMEM restriction

, 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.