uTexas Identity Manager (TIM) Release Notes

On Tuesday, June 22, 2021 the IAM Team released version 2021.2.1 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.) which implemented the following changes:

• IGAIGA Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) refers to a set of processes and technologies used by organizations to manage and control user access to resources and information within their systems. This includes managing user identities, roles, and permissions, as well as monitoring and auditing user activities to ensure compliance with regulations and policies. IGA helps organizations reduce security risks, improve regulatory compliance, and streamline user access management across different systems and applications.-110 – Retired the UT Libraries notifier.
• IGA-127 – Improved verbiage on customer emails per ITSITS Information Technology Services (ITS) Customer Support Services (CSS).
• IGA-280 – Fixed a bug with the entitlementEntitlement An attribute which defines what an account is allowed or authorized to do. An EID holder may have many entitlements, each with a start and end date (end dates may be in perpetuity). assignment REST APIAPI An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications..
• IGA-294 – Fixed a bug with the Chosen Name REST API.

On Sunday, June 13, 2021 the IAM Team released version 2021.2.0 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.) which implemented the following changes:

• Released functionality to support the Chosen Name attribute in collaboration with Academic Information Systems (AISAIS Academic Information Systems (AIS) is the IT organization for the Executive Vice President and Provost.).

Release notes – EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See EID in the service catalog for more information. System – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2020.7.0

** Improvement
* [EID-3346] – Convert WPA to SAMLSAML Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is a standard, XML-based language for exchanging authentication and authorization data between identity providers and service providers. This standard is currently used by Enterprise Authentication (as well as hundreds of service providers that integrate with our identity provider). authenticationAuthentication Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to a system’s resources. to transition to Enterprise AuthNAuthentication Verifying the identity of a user, process, or device, often as a prerequisite to allowing access to a system’s resources.

Release Notes – EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See EID in the service catalog for more information. System – uTexas Identity Manager – Version 2020.6.0

** Bug
* [EID-3411] – RabbitMQ notifications missing utexasEduPersonIsoNumber

On Friday, 5/15/2020, the IAM Team will release uTexas Identity Manager version 2020.5.2 to address a security issue and replace the downloadable EIDUT EID The University of Texas Electronic Identity (UT EID or EID) is the public records identifier for principals at the university. See EID in the service catalog for more information. Remote Upgrade form.