February 24th, 2025
Data Center Roadmap
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Secure Network Connectivity between Cloud and Data Center
Securely connect your Atlassian self-managed products with Atlassian Cloud products to ensure smooth collaboration between teams using different deployments.
Released
Cloud migrations
Q2 2023
Jira SoftwareJira Service ManagementConfluenceBitbucketBamboo
Accessibility blockers remediation for assistive technology users
Eliminate blocking issues that prevent assistive technology users (including screen readers) from completing essential product tasks.
Released
Security & compliance
Q1 2023
Jira SoftwareConfluence
Accessibility blockers remediation for low vision and keyboard-only users
Low-vision and keyboard only users can now complete essential product tasks more easily.
Released
Security & compliance
Q4 2022
Jira SoftwareConfluence
Two-step verification (2SV)
Administrators will be able to enhance the security of user logins by enabling a second authentication layer.
Released
Security & compliance
Q4 2024
Jira Service ManagementJira SoftwareConfluenceBitbucketBamboo
Removal of critical severity accessibility defects
Improved ease of use for low-vision, keyboard-only, and assistive technology users (including screen readers).
Released
Security & compliance
Q2 2024
Confluence
Secret manager integration for database configuration
Minimize security exposure and manage infrastructure credentials with a secret manager integration, such as AWS Secret Manager or HashiCorp Vault for database configuration.
Released
Security & compliance
Q4 2023
ConfluenceBitbucketJira Software
Default secrets encryption
Minimize security exposure and manage infrastructure credentials through default secrets encryption, using 256-bit AES.
Coming soon
Security & compliance
Q1 - Q2 2025
BitbucketConfluenceCrowdBambooJira Software
Secret manager integration for user directory configuration
Minimize security exposure and manage infrastructure credentials with secret encryption using AES for user directory configuration.
Released
Security & compliance
Q2 2024
Jira Service ManagementJira SoftwareCrowdConfluenceBitbucketBamboo
Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)
The updated Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) offers an inventory of your Data Center product using mostly backend (and some frontend) dependencies, helping you facilitate a smooth integration into automated security checks and eliminating the need for reactive security scan adjustments.
Released
Security & compliance
Q1 2024
Jira Service ManagementBitbucketBambooConfluenceJira Software
Updated VPAT for Section 508 & WCAG 2.1 AA
Updated 2023 Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPAT) to review how the Confluence 8.5 and JSM 5.12 Long Term Support releases address WCAG 2.1 AA and Section 508 of the U.S.
Released
Security & compliance
Q3 2023
Jira Service ManagementConfluence
Security monitoring and alerts
Admins can proactively detect potentially suspicious activity using a new alert system of emails and a central tracking hub.
Released
Security & compliance
Q1 2025
Confluence
Signed marketplace apps
Introducing app signing to improve the security of Data Center apps to ensure only verified, signed apps can be installed on Data Center instances.
Coming soon
Security & compliance
Q3 2025
BambooBitbucketConfluenceJira SoftwareJira Service Management
Mobile Jira DC & Confluence DC OAuth 2.0 support
Enhance security, reduce unauthorized access risks, and integrate seamlessly with existing identity providers to simplify user access management.
Released
Security & compliance
Q4 2024
Jira SoftwareConfluence
WCAG 2.2 AA Compliance in key scenarios
Adopting Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards ensures a seamless and equitable experience by providing enhancements for Jira issues, Confluence view page, and JSM Help Center
Coming soon
Security & compliance
Q3 2025
ConfluenceJira Service ManagementJira Software
In-product diagnostics
Collect performance and diagnostics information through natively built-in Java Flight Recorder to enable self-diagnosis capabilities.
Released
Data & insights
Q3 2022
ConfluenceBitbucketJira SoftwareJira Service Management
Infrastructure connectivity checks
Collect important infrastructure information for increased visibility and self-diagnosis.
Released
Data & insights
Q1 2024
Confluence
Monitoring of database connectivity
Gain greater insight into the Application DB pool utilization, connection status, and latency to the database.
Released
Data & insights
Q1 2023
Jira SoftwareJira Service ManagementConfluence
Monitoring of Incoming HTTP requests to the Application
Visualization of HTTP network requests to help better identification of network issues and simplify the instance diagnosis.
Released
Data & insights
Q2 2023
Jira SoftwareJira Service ManagementConfluenceBitbucket
Accessible skip links
Improved accessible skip links available via keyboard shortcut from any location on the page.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2022
Confluence
Captions for images
Add captions to images in Confluence pages and blogs for more context and information.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2023
Confluence
Emoji experience
Express yourself with improvements to the editor, beginning with the ability to easily select and insert newly inbuilt emojis.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2023
Confluence
Link multiple Confluence spaces to a single portal
Link a service project with multiple Confluence spaces to create a comprehensive knowledge base and searchable portal.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2023
ConfluenceJira Service Management
Site and space import/export improvements
Giving admins better visibility and control over site and space import/export tasks when moving data between Confluence instances.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2023
Confluence
View inline comments in edit mode
Provide users with an improved content creation flow by allowing them to view and resolve inline comments in the editor.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2023
Confluence
Simplified Confluence DC mobile app setup (iOS and Android)
Simplified setup for the Confluence mobile app with optimized access to the server/info endpoint.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2023
Confluence
Vertical alignment of table cell content
Align content to the top, middle, or bottom within a table cell.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2023
Confluence
Dark theme in Confluence
Choose between light or dark theme as your preferred interface to help you better focus on your screen, reduce eye strain, and improve contrast for better accessibility.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2024
Confluence
Profile picture customization enhancements
Customize your profile pictures with the ability to set their initials as an avatar, and rotate and delete their profile photos.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2024
Confluence
New font and table background colors
Updated font and table background color palettes including more colors, improved contrast for better accessibility and dark theme compatibility.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2024
Confluence
Resize images by dragging
Easily resize an image by using the drag handle, located on the side of the image.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2024
Confluence
Single-click to copy links to comments
Easily copy and share links to comments with a new copy link shortcut for page and inline comments.
Released
Experience improvements
Q2 2024
Confluence
Keyboard shortcut enhancements
Use new and improved keyboard shortcuts to accelerate the way you edit and create content.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2023
Confluence
Sort table contents in the editor
Sort a table column in ascending or descending order, and preserve the order when publishing.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2023
Confluence
Bulk delete attachments
Select multiple attachments on a Confluence page or blog and delete them at once.
Released
Experience improvements
Q1 2024
Confluence
REST APIs (content management)
Admins can manage content at scale, including the ability to script and automate updates to pages and spaces, and other administrative tasks, with additional REST APIs.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2024
Confluence
Additional details to manage trash within Spaces
Improve Confluence’s performance and efficiently manage your space’s trash with new details about who created and deleted the content.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2023
Confluence
Code Block Macro Enhancements
Improvements to the Code Block macro, including a wider set of languages to choose from, and other highly-requested feature additions.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2024
Confluence
URL support for languages and special characters
Page titles that include non-latin or special characters generate pretty URLs in page title format.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2024
Confluence
Word count
Keep track of the number of words or characters in your page or blog post as you type by using the word count feature located in the bottom toolbar of the editor.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2024
Confluence
Estimated page read time
Easily judge how long it will take to read a page using the estimated read time displayed underneath the title of a page or blog post.
Released
Experience improvements
Q3 2024
Confluence
Single-click to copy links to headings
Easily copy and share links to headings with a new copy link shortcut.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2024
Confluence
Dark theme support for custom color schemes and logos
Customize the look and feel of your Confluence site in dark theme by configuring a separate color scheme or logo.
Released
Experience improvements
Q4 2024
Confluence
Confluence Data Center connector for Rovo
Centralize your organization’s knowledge across Data Center and Cloud sites with Rovo to streamline your team’s workflows.
Coming soon
Experience improvements
Q2 2025
Confluence
Attachment storage on AWS S3
Store Confluence attachments in AWS S3 Object Storage for better scalability, security, and availability.
Released
Infrastructure & operations
Q1 2023
Confluence
Attachment storage improvements
Simplify storage hierarchy and improve the reliability of the page move functionality.
Released
Scale & performance
Q1 2023
Confluence
Copy space
Copy a space and all its pages, permissions, and configuration in one easy step.
Released
Scale & performance
Q2 2023
Confluence
Java 17 as default
Shipping Confluence with Java 17 bundled as default will provide optimal performance and all benefits of new Java capabilities.
Released
Scale & performance
Q2 2023
Confluence
Search index performance
Search and index data faster, improving performance, stability, and the security of the indexing platform.
Released
Scale & performance
Q1 2023
Confluence
Space reindexing
Save time by re-indexing a specific space rather than running a full site reindex in Confluence.
Released
Scale & performance
Q3 2023
Confluence
Support for Java 17
Run Confluence on Java 17 Long-Term-Support release to get the benefit of new Java capabilities and access to bug fixes over an extended period of time.
Released
Scale & performance
Q4 2022
Confluence
Support clustered databases using PostgreSQL Pgpool-II
Provide official support for the Open-Source PostgreSQL Database using Pgpool-II database clustering solution.
Released
Scale & performance
Q4 2023
Confluence
Support OpenSearch in Confluence Data Center
Experience faster search and indexing performance with OpenSearch in Confluence Data Center.
Released
Scale & performance
Q3 2024
Confluence
Faster permissions service
Experience faster load times when Confluence checks permissions on a large number of pages, such as when loading a Task Report macro, Page Index macro, or the dashboard display when a person first logs in.
Released
Scale & performance
Q4 2023
Confluence
Fast space deletion
Facilitate rapid and effortless space deletion.
Coming soon
Scale & performance
Q2 2025
Confluence
REST API (user management)
A more robust REST API allowing admins to automate critical links in user management such as granting, verifying and revoking access, giving them confidence that staff compliant access & saving time.
Released
User management & controls
Q1 2023
Confluence
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) compatibility
Integrated support for Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory).
Released
User management & controls
Q4 2024
Confluence
Password policy
Stronger user password policy enforcement when using an internal directory to prevent users from setting weak passwords.
Released
User management & controls
Q4 2024
Confluence
REST APIs (space permissions)
Admins can script and automate updates to space permissions, such as granting, verifying and revoking access, using a REST API.
Released
User management & controls
Q4 2024
Confluence
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