Overview
These Web pages provide technical information for UT Austin Windows services. You must log in with your administrator account to view the documentation in this area.
If you have an Austin Exchange Messaging Service (austin.utexas.edu) e-mail account, we have recently changed this Web page to provide information for technical personnel. The ITS Web site has documentation and helpful procedures for subscribers. To view your subscription settings, visit the Austin Account Management pages. The Outlook Web Access (OWA) tool is also available for you to check your e-mail from any Web browser—remember to bookmark that site!
Benefits of Austin Active Directory
Information Technology Services (ITS) has established a Microsoft Windows Active Directory Service on the UT Austin campus. This service is available to all campus departments to facilitate the adoption of Windows 2000 and 2003 servers and Windows 2000 or Windows XP desktop computers.
The Active Directory Service uses the existing UT Austin Electronic ID (EID) and does not require another login name and password. This feature provides significant benefits to users and departments:
- Departments no longer need to create or manage login names, but can rely on the existing structure supporting the EID.
- A student, faculty, or staff member can use the same name and password for UT Direct, Administrative Computing Web services, and on-campus Windows computers.
- Departments can participate in this service without making a large hardware, software, and staff investment to establish a departmental directory service.
ITS Windows Enterprise Systems invites interested department representatives to contact us at wes-group@austin.utexas.edu to learn more about the advantages of using this campus-level service.
