Hello Everyone!
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!
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, this actually showed up as one of the top trending discussions, but I thought it was extremely important to put it right at the beginning of this round up. Please read though this notice as Atlassian customers are being targeted with phishing emails. Try to validate via a second source to see if any email requesting your Atlassian credentials is valid or not. SECURITY ALERT: Phishing Emails Targeting Atlassian Customers
Next, be sure to check out the changes to the online community! There are updated to the way tags can be used on content going forward among others. Community release notes for June 17, 2023
The Community Release notes leads right into our next topic. Back near the beginning of June, the Community team hosted an initiative to remove pounds of garbage from the Ocean for likes on content in the Online community. The goal was far exceeded and this was great work that everyone was a part of. Be sure to jump in on the next challenge starting today! 🌊 Ocean Devotion: your impact, and what's next!
Next, Jira Day is coming back again. Are you going to be near Cracow, Poland Oct. 17-18? or are you looking for a good reason to visit? Be sure to save the date for an amazing in person event and stay tuned for more details in the coming months. 🌟 SAVE THE DATE: Jira Day 2023 is back! 🌟🚀
I know we have talked about the fact that the University team has drastically reduced the cost of their training library, but they are also expanding the number of new courses they are also offered at $39 USD. Be sure to check out what they have available there are new courses showing up regularly! I’m currently working through Advanced Asset Management in JSM! A lightning-quick list of $39 Atlassian Confluence training ⚡
If you missed out on QuizWiz last year, you missed my embarrassing appearance on the very first episode as well as a ton of fun while various members of the Atlassian ecosystem competed for the prized “King/Queen of the QuizWiz“ title. We’ll don’t miss out this year as they are back, only this time it’s a team based Tag Team battle. Who’s going to take the titles? You’ll need to watch to find out! QuizWiz² - TAG Team battle is here!
I have really enjoyed every part of this series that @Walter Buggenhout has shared with us going back to the first part in November of 2021! I don’t have teenagers (yet) but I’m making notes because soon enough I’m going to be able to take advantage of all these wonderful tips being shared! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Teamwork-Lab-articles/Raising-a-Teenager-retrospectives/ba-p/2385932
When, I first saw the word “pandemic“ a chill went down my spine. As I started reading through the article, @Peter Van de Voorde is absolutely right! If you have never played the board game (either as a physical copy or an online friendly digital version) it’s a strategists dream where working together is critical to everyone being successful. Go read the the full article it was a great read (and be sure to check the comments, peter made a follow up post about another great team building game)! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Teamwork-Lab-articles/Play-Pandemic-It-s-a-great-way-to-get-to-know-your-team/ba-p/2378211
Lastly, if you missed the June 7th Atlas Community event, it was possibly the single largest global event that has taken place! 27 Atlassian Community Events chapters from around the world had about 125 live attendees for this amazing event. If you weren’t able to join live be sure to check out the YouTube video that has been posted as there is a lot to learn about Atlas here! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Atlas-Group-articles/Watch-the-recording-of-our-first-Atlas-Community-Event/ba-p/2394867
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! We all know that Cloud migrations are top of mind for those trying to complete them before the server end of life date which is rapidly approaching. Please check out this notice regarding which versions of the Cloud migration assistant are supported and ensure that you are using the correct version for all of your testing. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Community-Announcement-articles/We-re-ending-support-for-older-versions-of-Jira-and-Confluence/ba-p/2377695
The Trello Enterprise Admin hub is getting a face lift! Go checkout this article for all the details on what you can expect to see changing in the near future. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-Admins-articles/Updated-admin-experiences-coming-to-a-Trello-Enterprise-Admin/ba-p/2392168
Have you been looking for Atlassian to support nested groups in your Identity provider for your Atlassian Cloud products? The first step has been taken! Go checkout the details on how this new custom integration will allow you to connect your existing nested Azure AD groups with Atlassian Access. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Enterprise-articles/Azure-AD-for-nested-groups-is-now-generally-available/ba-p/2391051
In the past, there was both an Epic Link and a parent link field. Which one do you use? It’s confusing right? Not anymore! Atlassian is rolling them both into a single “parent“ field. Go read the details in the article as to what this will mean for you going forward. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-articles/Introducing-the-new-Parent-field-in-company-managed-projects/ba-p/2377758
Next, I’m extremely excited about this super simple feature. You can now transfer page ownership in Confluence! This can be done by the original author, a space admin or a site admin. No more will I have to struggle with pages that get “locked“ after someone has left the company without a plan to have someone else be able to own them going forward! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/New-Assign-and-transfer-page-ownership/ba-p/2396313
Jira Product Discovery (JPD) is the new kid on the block. Do you know what the different types of users are and what their roles are within JPD? This is a great article to get you started understanding that very question. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Product-Discovery-articles/The-different-types-of-users-Creators-Contributors-and/ba-p/2378354
Finally, you asked and the Atlas team listened! You can now connect your projects and goals to Microsoft Teams channels! I don’t think anything else needs to be said, but go check out the link in the article to learn more about how to connect these together. https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Atlas-Group-articles/Connect-projects-and-goals-to-Microsoft-Teams-channels/ba-p/2380136
Want to join in on some trending discussions? Be sure to check these out!
Why not lend a hand to another fellow Community Member and try answering some of these questions!
Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation!
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-articles/Staff-picks-Trello-automation/ba-p/2396141
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Add-a-Form-using-Automation-and-API/ba-p/2385407
https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-articles/Copy-a-Form-using-Automation-and-API/ba-p/2385424
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!
Jimmy Seddon
Sr R&D Tools Administrator
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Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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