Enterprise Active Directory (EAD) is a platform that provides authorization, roles and group services. It is a central database containing users’ information that is used for authentication and authorization. EAD is integrated into almost all major computing systems in the University and provides access to services such as Office 365.

There is no specific front-end usage of EAD. What it does remains transparent while it authenticates and authorizes you to access services – no action is needed from users. For additional information about EAD, see the Enterprise Service Centre Knowledge Base.