We are currently running confluence version 4.0.3 and want to upgrade and run your latest version on a new server by new week. You documentation recommends a phased/intermediate upgrade approach between versions that may impact our timeline. So I need to know the following:
1.) Are your recommendations simply recommendations or is this a requirement.
2.) If I have to do the upgrade in intermediate steps involving versions which versions would I be required to do to get to the latest version.