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Earlier this week Atlassain made the announcement of launching Atlassian Ascend - basically announcing the end of life for Atlassian Data Center in 2029, which leaves Cloud as the only hosting platform for Atlassian's customers. While this came as a surprise for many - we expected this to happen. I want to take a moment to outline what this step means to our customers and how you can prepare best for the upcoming 3.5 years.

Discover the new Auto-Connect feature in SharePoint Connector for Jira Cloud. Automatically link folders to work items to save time and improve collaboration.

Sync Microsoft Entra ID attributes like Employee ID, Manager, and Department into Jira. Improve approvals, speed up workflows, and ensure accurate user info.

Discover how a global manufacturer integrated SharePoint with Confluence to optimize collaboration, improve workflows, and simplify knowledge sharing.

To our valued customers, The Atlassian ecosystem is evolving and with it, the Marketplace apps you rely on every day. Behind the scenes, Atlassian is introducing a new platform called Forge, which will replace the current Connect platform by the end of 2026. This shift brings exciting opportunities for the future of our apps, but also some short-term challenges we want to be transparent about. As longtime Marketplace Partners, we’re working hard to make this transition as smooth as possible for you.

A large organisation, maybe a bank, a hospital, a tech company, where the knowledge base is the beating heart of how work gets done. Policies, procedures, best practices - all living inside Confluence. But here’s the hard truth: Most teams set it and forget it. Pages get written. Pages get published. Pages get… dusty

Learn why data residency is essential for compliance, governance, and digital trust in your Atlassian Cloud environment — and how to get it right.

"We draft policies as wiki pages, but before sending them for approval, some key metadata fields are still not set" That was a concern from one of our customers, and now admins can make critical info as required fields in Metadata for Confluence Cloud.