Thursday, August 12, 2021
What is happening?ÌýIn preparation for theÌýÌýannounced by Atlassian on October 16, 2020, users and spaces on the on-premises ConfluenceÌýinstanceÌý(wiki.uwaterloo.ca)Ìýare being migrated to Confluence Cloud (uwaterloo.atlassian.net).Ìý
When is this happening?ÌýOn-premises Confluence users and spaces will be migrated to Confluence Cloud betweenÌýSeptember 29 and November 1. IST Client Services staff will reach out to owners of on-premises Confluence spaces to schedule a migration date and time.Ìý
Why is this happening?
- Atlassian removed the ability to purchase new on-premises licenses on February 2, 2021.ÌýAdditional users cannot be added to the on-premises Confluence instance once the existing license limit has been reached.Ìý
- In order to downgrade the number of on-premises licenses, users need to be migrated before February 2, 2022.
- Atlassian has announced that support for all Atlassian server products will end on February 2, 2024.
What is the impact?Ìý
- Once migrated, Confluence URLs will begin withÌýuwaterloo.atlassian.net instead ofÌýwiki.uwaterloo.ca.Ìý
- Migrated Confluence pages will continue to use the legacy editor by default.ÌýConfluence content editors also have the option toÌý.Ìý
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- There is no impact if you choose to continue using the legacy editor.Ìý
- Some legacy editor features will no longer work if you convert the page to use the new editor. For a full listÌýof legacy editor features and conversion impacts, please see:Ìý
What do users need to do?Ìý
- During your scheduled migration time, please log out of Confluence and do not add or edit content.
- Once migrated, WCMS content editors will need to update all links to on-premises Confluence spaces (wiki.uwaterloo.ca) with the new Confluence Cloud linksÌý(uwaterloo.atlassian.net).
Additional Resources
Questions or concerns?ÌýPlease contactÌýAndrew McAlorum (amcalorum@uwaterloo.ca)