Getting your apps ready for Atlassian Cloud: how to make an inventory
Not every Data Center app exists in Cloud and a Cloud version sometimes works differently. Map the apps at the start and you know where the migration will take time and budget.
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Make the list complete
Start with the apps installed in Jira, Jira Service Management and Confluence, including the free and the disabled ones. For each app, note who uses it, what for and in how many projects or spaces.
Also look at what relies on an app: scripts, automations, fields, reports and integrations with other systems.
Look at actual use
Many environments contain apps nobody misses any more. Ask the teams and check where an app is really used. What is no longer needed does not have to come along.
Find the Cloud counterpart
Ask the same questions for every app:
- Is there a Cloud version from the same vendor?
- Does it do the same and can the data move with it?
- Does Atlassian Cloud perhaps offer the feature as standard?
- Where does the vendor store the data and how is security handled?
- What does the app cost for your number of users?
Atlassian’s migration assistants for Jira and Confluence help you check for each app whether there is a Cloud version and a migration path.
Decide for each app
Every app gets one of four outcomes. Note why and what happens to the data.
- Keep: the Cloud version does what is needed.
- Replace with another app.
- Replace with what Atlassian Cloud offers as standard.
- Drop.
In an assessment we map your apps together with the integrations, users and data and estimate the impact of the migration.
A question about your own environment?
Tell us what is on your mind. We will help you find the approach that suits your organisation.
Or email us directly at letstalk@puratech.be.