jira to jira cloud

maelgallon

Hi,

We have a Jira server with the version 6.4 and a confluence server with the version 5.4.3, we would like to migrate those to the cloud version and we would have some questions about it :
- Do we need to upgrade the versions prior to the migration as advised by your guides ?
- If so, do we require new licenses to do so or can we just upgrade it without and migrate it ?
- Do we need to take any other actions prior or after the migrations ?

Thanks a lot

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

Yes, you should upgrade to the latest version.

The licencing depends on the dates.  If your licences are current, then you can upgrade to the latest version with them.  If they have expired, then you might not be able to upgrade to a version high enough to be compatible.  However, Atlassian will not punish you for using evaluation licences to get upgraded - your intention to move on to Cloud is clear, and they want to help you with that

The other actions afterwards boil down to "get users to use new system" and "shut down the old one so they don't try to use it any more"

One thing I would think about before migrating is if your users have put any hard links into text fields.  A good example is when people just put in http://ourconfluence/display/space/page instead of using Conflluence's internal link system.  The internal links will work fine with a new base-url, but the hard links are just text and will continue to point at the old system.  (There's an easy search and replace for databases for confluence.  It's harder with JIRA)