---
title: "Is Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) down? Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) status"
url: "https://www.openstatus.dev/status/northwestern/active-directory-directory-services"
description: "Live Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) status, uptime over the last 45 days and recent incidents, tracked by openstatus."
---

# Is Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) down?

**Answer:** No, Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) is not down. All Northwestern Information Technology Active Directory (Directory Services) systems are operational.

- Status: operational
- Checked: 2026-11-07T00:11:31Z
- User reports in the last 15 minutes: 0
- Part of: [Northwestern Information Technology](/status/northwestern.md) / Identity and Access Management
- Official status page: https://northwesternuniversity.statuspage.io
- About: Northwestern manages a central Active Directory forest that receives directory information from the central NetID system, which can be used for authentication and authorization services. Access for a specific Organizational Unit can be delegated out to school or division IT administrators.

## Last 45 days

2 of 2 tracked days without issues.

## Incidents affecting Active Directory (Directory Services)

| Started | Incident | Impact | Duration |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-09 | [Blank Desktop Background Fix - Reboot Computer](https://stspg.io/zhvgrxjczcsz) | incident | 7m |

## Links

- HTML page: /status/northwestern/active-directory-directory-services
- Service: /status/northwestern.md