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On Tuesday, August 12, 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 the Summer 2025 update for Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page., implementing the following changes:

• Updating to use new Metadata Manager configuration
• Adding custom FERPAFERPA The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) is a federal law which pertains to the release of and access to educational records. banners

On Thursday, July 10, 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 the Spring 2025 update for Enterprise AuthenticationAuthentication Authentication is the act of determining that a person is who they claim to be. For more information, see our Concepts page., implementing the following changes:

• Updating to latest 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. image
• Allow list updates
• Updates to Metadata Manager Federation
• Implementing Pairwise ID