Atlassian continues to sharpen their focus as a cloud-first company by making bold changes to its self-managed offerings. Many organizations are already benefiting from the advantages of cloud, like streamlined administration, instant scalability, state of the art security and compliance, and reduced TCO. As the end of life for Atlassian server products steadily approaches, cloud migration becomes a strategic –and urgent– initiative.
Despite its multiple benefits, a migration to the cloud introduces multiple challenges, including security requirements, regulatory requirements, and data residency.
Explore why now is the right time for cloud migration, the considerations you need to be aware of, and tips and tricks to ensure a smooth transition.
Learn about:
- Timeline and roadmap for Atlassian server end of life
- Challenges and nuances of an Atlassian Cloud migration
- Expert tips and tricks for a successful migration
6. Server EOL
• What does that mean?
• EOL = end of life
• End of support
• Why is Atlassian doing this?
• Focus more on Cloud and DC
• What is the timeline?
7. What are my Options?
• Stay on server
• What you currently have
• Until 2024 with full Atlassian support
• Past 2024 – no new updates, no Atlassian support, questionable licensing with 3rd party add-on
vendors
• Stay on-prem
• Data Center edition
• What’s the difference between Server and DC?
• Single node vs multi node infrastructure = high availability, scalability, performance
• Can use DC without any bells and whistles
• Licensing/TCO considerations
• Migrated Atlassian Cloud
• SaaS version
• Hosted by Atlassian
18. Atlassian Cloud Tiers
Feature Standard Premium Enterprise
User Limit Up to 10,000 users Up to 20,000 users Up to 20,000 users
Storage 250 GB Unlimited Unlimited
Support 9am – 5pm Standard Support 24/7 Premium Support 24/7 Dedicated Support
Critical Issues Response No 1 hour 30 minutes
Uptime Guarantee No 99.9% 99.95%
Atlassian Access Add-on Add-on Included
Sandbox No Yes Yes
Data Residency No No – coming soon Yes
Global Automations Limited Unlimited Unlimited
Project Archiving No Yes Yes
Data & insights No No EAP
Release Tracks No Yes Yes
IP Whitelisting No Yes Yes
Asset & SCM No Yes Yes
Multi-Sites No No Yes
Centralized Billing No No Yes
19. Atlassian Cloud Tiers
Tier Common Team Profile When to Consider Upgrading
Standard
• Small to medium sized organizations
• 1,000 - 2,000 users
• Individual teams usually in one discipline
(IT) that don't need the complexity or cost
of the other offerings
• Need more storage
• Need more uptime
• Need more support
• Need more automation
• Need audit tracking/monitoring
• Need a sandbox (coming soon)
Premium
• Medium to large sized organizations
• 2,000 - 5,000 users
• Blended teams and multiple disciplines (IT,
Operations, Marketing) looking for industry
standard support, uptime, and
functionality in one hosted solution
• Need even more support
• Need more uptime
• Need data residency controls
• Need to be able to bundle releases
• Need data & analytics
• Need multi site capabilities
Enterprise
• Large, multi-national organizations
• Up to 10,000 users
• Cross-company functionality and
integration needs looking for enhanced
enterprise capabilities across security,
governance, administration, and support
• N/A
21. Assess
• Scope
• Applications
• Add-ons
• Integrations
• User Management
• Security
• Compliance
• Licensing
Plan & Prep
• Migration Strategy
• Roadmap
• Assemble The Team
• Tools
• Licensing
• Cleanup & Optimize
Test & Migrate
• Test Migration
• UAT
• Enablement
• Communication Plan
• Prod Migration
Launch & Enable
• Prod Migration
• Post Prod Support
• Optimization
• Customizations
• Integrations
• Training
• Ongoing Support
Strategic Migration Approach
22. Migration Impact Analysis
• Business requirements & objectives
• System & add-on compatibility
• Core and custom feature gap analysis
• User management
• Integrations
• Data portability
• Migration methods & options
• Timelines & project plan
23. Common Migration Challenges
Things to consider
• Custom Data Migration
• User Management
• Integrations
• Consolidations
• Migration Tools
Integrations
Consolidations
Data Migration
User Migration
24. Custom Data
• Add-ons
• Homegrown
• Integrations
• Customizations
Users
• Atlassian Access
• IdP / SSO
• Normalization
• Test & Prod
Integrations
• Atlassian Tools
• Other Tools
• Firewalls
• Connectors
Consolidations
• Data Integrity
• Types
• Tools
• Order
Tools
• *CMA’s
• Lift ‘n Shift vs Phased
• Pros / Cons
• When To Use
Common Migration Challenges