Jump-start your journey to cloud
Ensure a smooth migration to Cloud with our
recommended action steps.
Leave the work to the experts
It’s strongly recommended that you enlist the support of a trusted partner to help plan and execute your migration. No matter your size, Atlassian’s network of Cloud Specialized Solution Partners caters to your organization’s specific migration needs.
Assess
Evaluate your current setup, assess your readiness, and define your objectives for migration, such as scalability, cost reduction, or enhanced collaboration.
Compare Cloud and Data Center
Evaluate the differences between Cloud and Data Center, considering factors like scale, apps, integrations, and future needs.
Assess your requirements for cloud
Complete a pre-migration assessment to clarify your goals for migration, such as scalability, cost reduction, or enhanced collaboration.
Explore Cloud Migration Assistants
Use Atlassian's Cloud Migration Assistants for Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket to assess migration readiness and simplify the transition, they help identify the right strategy, evaluate app compatibility, and streamline the process.
Plan
Build a migration strategy by assembling your team, determine the right migration method, and create a detailed timeline. This phase sets the foundation for a successful migration by ensuring everyone knows their roles and responsibilities.
Develop a migration strategy
Choose a migration method—such as lift-and-shift, phased migration, or hybrid approaches—that aligns with your organization's complexity and timeline.
Develop a migration strategy
Choose a migration method—such as lift-and-shift, phased migration, or hybrid approaches—that aligns with your organization's complexity and timeline.
Plan your migration timing
Define the migration timeline, taking into account business requirements, resource availability, and key milestones.
Prep
Set up your cloud environment, review app and integration compatibility, and start any necessary training or testing. This phase ensures that all configurations are in place before the migration takes place, reducing any potential disruptions.
Start a Cloud Migration Trial
Get hands-on experience with Cloud by claiming a free migration trial. It’s available exclusively to customers evaluating Cloud migration.
Assess your cloud requirements
Review your company’s needs—scalability, security, compliance, and integrations—to prepare for a successful migration.
Read the Cloud Migration Guide
Follow our step-by-step guide to ensure a smooth migration, with tools and resources tailored to each phase.
Review apps and integrations
Ensure that all necessary apps and integrations are compatible with Cloud or have suitable alternatives.
Create a runbook
Use our runbook template to create a step-by-step checklist of what needs to happen when, supporting instructions, who the owner is for each task, and how long each step will take.
Test
Testing involves verifying that everything works as expected before the full migration. You’ll test data integrity, user access, workflows, and performance to identify any issues early and ensure a smooth transition.
Run pre-migration tests
Conduct thorough tests of your Cloud environment, data, and workflows to ensure everything works as expected before the full migration.
Validate data integrity
Review data consistency between the self-managed instance and Cloud to confirm no data is lost or corrupted during the migration.
User acceptance testing and permissions
Confirm that users have the correct permissions and access levels post-migration to ensure smooth functionality and security.
Migrate
Your data, users, and configurations are moved to cloud, and you’ll closely monitor the process to ensure minimal downtime and smooth execution.
Execute your production migration
Run the migration, following the steps and timing in your runbook, to move data using migration tools like Jira and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistants.
Migrate apps
Migrate the critical apps and integrations identified during the planning phase.
QA migrated data
Verify that data has been migrated correctly and everything is functioning as expected.
Launch
The Launch/Adopt phase focuses on transitioning fully to the Cloud, supporting your team, and optimizing the new environment. It includes providing training, resolving any post-migration issues, and ensuring the team is set up for long-term success with the Cloud platform.
Welcome your team to cloud
Communicate the successful migration to your team and share any new processes or tools.
Your guide to Change Management
Walk through best practices and tips for how to successfully roll out Atlassian cloud across your organization, at scale, so you can drive lasting change for how teams work and collaborate.
Enable user adoption
Drive adoption by training users, providing support, and addressing any post-migration issues. Ensure everyone is ready to leverage Cloud’s full potential.
Plan for continuous improvement
Regularly check the Cloud roadmap and marketplace for new features and apps.
Support for Server products ended on Feb. 15, 2024
Server products and apps no longer receive technical support, security updates, and bug fixes for vulnerabilities.
Need additional guidance?
Get technical support
If you’re ready to migrate or need technical support, file a ticket with our support team.
Contact our migration team
Speak with migration experts to understand what your unique migration to cloud journey would look like.