Get started on your migration
Whether you’re moving to Cloud or Data Center, choose a path based on your organization’s size and complexity.
Fewer than 1,000 users
1-6 apps
Fewer than 100 custom fields
Start a Cloud migration trial
Claim an extended free Cloud trial for the remainder of your self-managed license, exclusively available to Server and Data Center customers evaluating a Cloud migration.
Assess your cloud requirements
Prepare for a smooth migration by assessing your company’s cloud needs and desired migration plan. Evaluate your desired migration strategy, the apps and integrations you’ll need in cloud, your scale needs, identity and access management needs, and compliance, security and privacy requirements.
Read the Cloud migration guide
Follow our step-by-step migration guide to ensure a smooth transition to Cloud. Our guide is broken up into digestible phases and highlights the tools, resources, and support you’ll need at each step.
Estimate your Cloud costs
Estimate your Atlassian Cloud costs compared to Server and Data Center, and see what operating expenses your team can reduce when you migrate to Cloud.
Decide if you want to involve a Partner
Enlist the help of a trusted Solution Partner to aid your migration to Cloud. Even if you have a simpler migration, consider working with a partner to plan and execute your migration.
Access the Cloud Migration Assistant
Check that the Cloud Migration Assistants for Jira and Confluence are installed for your Atlassian products.
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. You can watch our short video on how to use the template.
Execute your migration
Run through a test migration, then run your production migration and move your users and data over to Cloud. Once your migration is complete, make sure your admins feel equipped to manage Cloud responsibilities.
Watch a Cloud migration demo
In this short video, we'll give you a foundational understanding of what it means to migrate and how you can get started.
1,000+ users
6+ apps
100+ custom fields
Find a Cloud Specialized Partner strongly recommended
Enlist the help of a trusted Partner to aid your migration to Cloud. Because you have a complex migration, we recommend working with a partner to plan and execute your migration.
If you don’t choose to work with a partner
Review your compliance and security requirements
Review Atlassian's cloud trust and compliance resources and decide which deployment is right for you now.
Start a Cloud migration trial
Claim an extended free Cloud trial for the remainder of your self-managed license, exclusively available to Server and Data Center customers evaluating a Cloud migration.
Read the Cloud migration guide
Follow our step-by-step migration guide to ensure a smooth transition to Cloud. Our guide is broken up into digestible phases and highlights the tools, resources, and support you’ll need at each step.
Estimate your Cloud costs
Reach out to our migration team to estimate your Atlassian Cloud costs compared to Server and Data Center, and see what operating expenses you can reduce when you migrate to Cloud.
Access the Cloud Migration Assistant
Check that the Cloud Migration Assistants for Jira and Confluence are installed for your Atlassian products.
Audit your apps and integrations
Determine the apps you'll need and identify alternatives, review security requirements for cloud apps, and understand the migration path for your apps.
Identity and user migration
Decide on your user migration strategy and consider your options for managing identify and users in Cloud.
Decide on your migration strategy
Review our recommended migration strategies and choose the one that works best for your team. The method you choose will depend on your team’s unique needs for migration.
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. You can watch our short video on how to use the template.
Execute your migration
Run through a test migration, then run your production migration and move your users and data over to Cloud. Once your migration is complete, make sure your admins feel equipped to manage Cloud responsibilities.
Watch a Cloud migration demo
In this short video, we'll give you a foundational understanding of what it means to migrate and how you can get started.
500+ users
Strict compliance requirements
Fastest way to stay supported
Purchase a Data Center subscription
Start your 30-day, fully functional free trial. Create a new trial license to get started with Data Center, or purchase a subscription.
Update to the latest version of Server
Upgrading to Data Center from an older version of server can be challenging, so we recommend that you first upgrade your products to that latest Long Term Support (LTS) release if you aren’t already on one.
Convert your Server apps to Data Center
If you have any Server apps installed on your instance, this is where you should upgrade to a Data Center-approved version of each app, where available. If you upgrade your Data Center product license before you upgrade your apps, they may stop working.
Upgrade your product license
Simply go to the admin section of your Server product, and enter your new Data Center license key. You can come back and set up clustering later if you need to.
Decide on a deployment configuration
Data Center can be deployed in two different ways: non-clustered or clustered. Both allow you to leverage enterprise features and capabilities, but each option has different considerations.
Need additional guidance?
Technical support
If you’re ready to migrate or need technical support, file a ticket with our support team.
Contact our migration team
If you get stuck or need additional guidance, get in touch with one of our migration experts.