The University’s central directory services aggregate data from multiple authoritative sources and serve as a central location for identity data.
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.)
The uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) is a private 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.-based directory service that contains identity information about students, faculty, staff, and university affiliates.
TED on the Mainframe (TOM)
TED on the Mainframe (TOM) is a mirror of TED data that is hosted on the mainframe to provide high-performance access to identity data via commonly-used Natural EID lookup modules such as T3N$ELK, T3N$FEID, etc.
White Pages Service (WPSWPS The White Pages Service (WPS) is a directory back-end which supports the university’s web-based public directory.)
The White Pages Service (WPS) is a semi-public directory that contains public records information about current students, faculty, and staff. The service provides the directory back-end for the UT Directory.
Service Availability Metrics
The IAM Team has set a Service Level Objective (SLO) of 99.237% annual availability.
| Year | uTexas Enterprise Directory (TED) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 100% |
| 2021 | 99.954% |
| 2020 | 99.917% |
| 2019 | 99.944% |
| 2018 | 100% |
| 2017 | 99.99% |
| 2016 | 99.854% |
| 2015 | 99.986% |
For more data, please see our Metrics page.
Other Directory Services
The Austin Active Directory service is available to customers via our teammates in ITSITS Information Technology Services (ITS) Campus Solutions.
The University Offices page is managed by University Communications.
The UT Directory is a web-based front-end for WPS and is supported by our teammates in ITS Campus Solutions.
The UT System-wide Directory is managed by UT System. Our team provides UT Austin public records for inclusion in this directory.
Many UT Austin colleges, schools, units, departments, centers, initiatives, institutes, offices, and programs maintain their own directories.
