Atlassian Community Round-up: August 2024

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Hello Everyone!

I want to start with an apology for not having a video this month. Our family has been battling a nasty bug and it finally got to me near the end of the month and I don’t have the voice to record this month.

That having been said, it’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started!

Announcements & Highlights:

As always, there are a TON of amazing things happening and here is just a small sample of all the great things you don’t want to miss out on!

• First up, the results of “Likes for Trees“ is in and this time we broke the record. The stretch goal was achieved and 45,000 trees have been planted. Big shoutout to the 14 Super Planters!
  Congratulations, Amigos! Likes for Trees 2024 wrapup 🎉

• Speaking of congratulations, please join me in wishing Brittany Joiner for the huge accomplishment of joining the Level 10 club! Thank you for all that you do for the Atlassian Community.
  10s Across the Board for Brittany Joiner!

• Next up, if you haven’t heard Atlassian has released their first Confluence Associate certification. If you are an avid Confluence user you should consider adding this credential to your profile!
  A certification for Confluence users 🥳

• Speaking of the Training and Certification team, there’s also a new university (and remember they are all free) course for you to take. Are you interested in learning more about how to redesign your workweek? I know I am!
  *NEW* Course Alert: Redesign your workweek is live!

• The latest Atlassian intelligence updates were shared in the most recent “Sherif-sclusive“! Have you started using Atlassian Intelligence yet? These updates might get you interested.
  Sherif-sclusive: Atlassian Intelligence Updates (July)

• Next, for anyone that regularly checks Atlassian’s public issue tracker, a couple of projects are being renamed. Be sure to check the post for details.
  We are updating the names of the Jira Cloud projects in jira.atlassian.com

• While this is a product update, I thought it was important enough to mention here. In a couple of days (Sept. 5th), the JSM incident command center is going to be deprecated. If you have been using Opsgeine, you will want to go read this article and see what you need to do to ensure this does cause any disruptions to your on-call teams.
  Deprecation of the incident command center feature in Jira Service Management Cloud

• Next up, Atlassian is providing additional methods for you to verify your domains. Be sure to check out the link in the article for all the details.
  Coming soon: domains can be verified using multiple methods

• Next, are you thinking about attending Team '24 Europe? Be sure to take advantage of an early bird price if you are!
  Save €400 on your Team ‘24 Europe pass for a limited time ⏰

• Finally, Rebekka Heilmann is taking us on a cloud migration journey of the next few weeks with a new series of articles. Be sure to check out the #jira-jungle-journey to follow the entire series!
  Follow us along the Jira-Jungle-Journey / A fun way to promote your Cloud migration

New Features & Product Updates:

Want to keep up to date on all the cool things Atlassian has announced about their products? Be sure to read through these, then go check out all the others for your favorite product!

• First up, some love for Data Center! We’ll start with the fact that all of the installers now have SHA-256 checksums for verification. If you want some extra security around the integrity of the file you have downloaded, you will want to check this out.
  Introducing SHA-256 Checksum Verification for DC Installers

• Continuing with DC, Atlassian has updated the name of the Microsoft Teams app to reflect that is works with Jira Data Center (since server no longer exists).
  Microsoft Teams for Jira Server renamed to Microsoft Teams for Jira Data Center

• Next, Atlassian has added user functionality to their Cloud Migration assistant that will allow you to handled user accounts easier as a part of performing a cloud migration. You are going to want the check this out. I know if this was available back in 2019 when I did my first cloud migration, this would likely have helped make sure I didn’t have a first failed attempt!
  Merge, update or deactivate users during your transition to Jira or Confluence Cloud

• Next, a preview is now available of the new Jira Product Discovery handbook. Be sure to check out the link in the article to learn about best practices and real world examples of how JPD is configured to work internally at Atlassian.
  Preview of the new Jira Product Discovery handbook

• I know that we don’t always cover Jira Align, but they have now released a new set of APIs that will allow you to configure a set of default columns so that everyone is looking at the same information and speaking in common terms.
  View the same data in grid pages with column defaults

• Moving over to Jira Service Management, JSM Chat (aka Atlassian Assist) is now in scope for information that is data resident compliant. If you have been holding off on using this feature because of this, you should really check it out!
  JSM Chat - Now compliant with Data Residency!

• Also, as a heads up for all JSM Premium users. Assets are now going to (as of the end of this month) start limiting the number of attributes per object type to 120. If you have more than that today in JSM CLoud, you are going to want to look at how you can break down your object types into smaller deliverables.
  Assets for Jira Service Management cloud will have a new limit of 120 attributes per object type

• Finally, Confluence provided the ability to transfer ownership of pages a number of months ago, and now the same is available for whiteboards, databases & smart links. This is great for those times when someone leaves the company and you need to designate someone else with the responsibility of maintaining your objects in Confluence.
  Update content owners in Confluence

Trending discussions you should join:

Want to join in on some trending discussions? Be sure to check these out!

• The new certification renewal program is now live!

• What's your favourite icebreaker question? Chance to be featured on Work Life + earn a badge! 🧊

• Friday Fun: Your TOP3 Favorite Records 📀🎧

• Data Center Love Month: Bitbucket Highlights Demo

• Greetings

Questions left out in the cold:

Why not lend a hand to another fellow Community Member and try answering some of these questions!

• Best Practice Jira Governance in a company-managed project

• Automating assignment of responders and Assignment groups in alerts and incidents in JSM

• How to determine the last deployment of all components

• looking for a report

• Automatically creating new card when a due date is added to a checklist item

• Commit and code missing from master branch after merge

Automation Corner:

Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation & personal script/app development!

• Essential guide to Atlassian Forge modules for Jira

• One App to Rule Them All: Building a Jira Cloud Forge App with All Modules

• How to detect duplicate screens in Jira

• The wait is over! Bulk Edit and Bulk Move REST APIs are live.

• Upcoming Changes to Automation for Jira (A4J) for Data Center

• Update on sending Microsoft Teams messages with Atlassian Automation

• Automation for Confluence - New Page Conditions are here!

• System Rules in Automation for Confluence ⚡️🤖

It’s hard to believe another month has already come and gone. Please be sure to stay healthy, stay safe and I’ll see you back here next month.

Take care!

[Amanda Barber]

Thanks for this great roundup and I hope you and the family are feeling better ASAP, @Jimmy Seddon <3

[Ree Kent]

Hey @Jimmy Seddon Hope you and the family are feeling better!