How to Migrate from Jira DC to Jira Cloud?

[Ankita Mehta]

With Atlassian retiring Jira Data Center (DC), a move to Jira Cloud is no longer an “if” but a “when.” But here’s the catch-83% of migration projects fail or go over budget, mostly because there’s no clear strategy. A successful move isn’t just about getting data across-it’s about choosing the right approach. Traditional cold migrations mean downtime. Live migrations keep systems up but can create collaboration gaps between teams.

 OpsHub's Live++: A no downtime, non-disruptive, high data fidelity migration approach designed for enterprise-scale migrations across 70+ ALM and DevOps tools.

With Live++migration, you get:

• Zero Downtime: Seamless, non-disruptive migration to Atlassian Cloud with full context transfer (issues, attachments, links, inline files, images, etc.) and zero impact on ongoing work.
• Reverse Sync: Updates in the new system automatically reflect in the old system.
• Non-Disruptive Compliance: Maintain a single source of truth and audit readiness.
• Continuous Collaboration: Teams stay aligned across old and new systems.
• Error Resilience & Traceability: Conflicts resolved, full history preserved.

Curious how  OpsHub's Live++ migration approach ensures a smooth, zero-downtime, no-disruption migration to Jira Cloud? Check how it works and keeps your data safe, compliant, and fully aligned.

Read our recent case study to learn how a global supply chain leader migrated from Jira Data Center to Jira Cloud without slowing a single business day.

If you have any questions or want a Jira Cloud migration strategy in place, connect with our migration engineer. 

For those who’ve migrated to Jira Cloud, what challenges did you face around team alignment and data fidelity? Let's discuss :)