UT Shield

… Get Information About a Person?

Non-Technical Approaches

  1. UT Directory: View public directory information (including UT EIDsUT 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.
    Edit Entry    ) for individuals currently affiliated with the University, unless they’ve restricted their information.
  2. University Community EID Listing : Look up UT EIDs for a broader group of university-affiliated individuals.
  3. Microsoft 365 Profile Card: If you’re part of the University community, open an individual’s profile card in Microsoft 365 to access information, including their Institutional Identifier (<eid>@eid.utexas.edu).
  4. EID Admin Tool : If other options don’t meet your needs, you may qualify for access to 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.
    Edit Entry     Admin Tool. For details, see KB0017421: Requesting Access to the EID Admin Tool .

Technical Approaches

  • Perform an LDAPLDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a set of protocols for accessing information directories based on the standards contained within the X.500 standard, but is significantly simpler.
    Edit Entry     query     against TEDTED The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is the University’s enterprise directory. See uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) in the service catalog for more information.
    Edit Entry     if you have a TED Service Account .
  • Use the EID Picklist on UT Direct.
  • Look up EIDs using the Austin Active Directory .

Bulk Records Look-ups

For large-scale searches, use either:

  • uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED)
  • Austin Active Directory (Austin ADAD Active Directory (AD) is a directory service from Microsoft which implements Internet standard directory and naming protocols. See Austin Active Directory (Austin AD) in the service catalog for the University’s local implementation.
    Edit Entry    )

Note: Non-technical solutions and the EID Picklist are designed for single-record retrieval.