Atlassian Community Round-up: March 2024

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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!

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, while voting closed halfway through the month, I thought it was worth calling attention to this article as there are links to all the nominees and their amazing teamwork stories. I would encourage you to check them out and tune into Team '24 to see which one your fellow community members voted as the best of the best!
  Vote for the 2024 Community’s Choice Award!

• Next, the newest bite-sized learning has been posted and it’s all about AI (Atlassian Intelligence)! Are you curious about the newest feature? Come by and check it out. There’s always a kudos badge for you if you successfully complete the quiz at the end.
  Bite-sized Learning: Atlassian Intelligence Editing Tools in Jira!

• Want to learn even more tips about Atlassian Intelligence? Be sure to check out this article that gives you the inside scoop on finding Jira issues faster.
  Tips and tricks to find issues faster with Atlassian Intelligence

• At the beginning of the month, the university team launched the latest associate certification! The ACA-910: ITSM with Jira Service Management Foundations is a must have for all JSM power users. Enrollment includes a course with all the information you will need to pass the exam. Be sure to go check it out!
  📣 New Cert Alert! Announcing ACA - ITSM with Jira Service Management Foundations

• Next, team building through games. Peter Van de Voorde has shared a few games he has played with coworkers in the past. This time, he shares about how they played Werewolf a game all about reading social queues from others. Go check it out!
  Werewolves of Miller Hollow: Discover how well your team members can lie.

• Did you know there are global settings for managing the creation of personal spaces in Confluence? Would you like some best practices and tips on setting this up? Checkout this primer by Steve Rhodes and save yourself some space on your Cloud subscription limits.
  How to manage personal space creation in Confluence Cloud

• Have you got a minute? Read this wonderful article by Hind Kadiri as it will give you some tips to help you re-energize during the day.
  🌸The Power of Kaizen: One Minute for a Better You

• Did you sign up for the Beta version of Compass? Have you been enjoying it? With Compass becoming GA, be sure to read this article on the steps you might need to take in order to move from the beta version to the GA version.
  ACTION REQUIRED: how to move from Beta to the Free or Standard plans of Compass

• Next, Statuspage has made some changes to Recent Subscriber notifications. Be sure to read through this if you believe it may affect you.
  Recent Subscriber Notification changes and FAQs

• On May 30th of this year, the Microsoft OneDrive for Business macro in Confluence Cloud will stop working. However, there is still other methods to embed OneDrive documents which are outlined in this article. Be sure to take action before it is deprecated.
  Deprecation of Microsoft OneDrive for Business - Legacy Editor Only Macro

• As of version 9.6 of Bamboo DC, agents local to the same server the Bamboo DC instance is installed on will no longer be available. The main reason for this is the performance issues that can/will be caused but local agents competing for resources on the server the DC instance is installed. Please read the full article for details.
  Local agents deprecated in 2021; no longer available in Bamboo 9.6+

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, in case you missed it, Atlassian announced changes to Trello Workspaces for collaborator limits. This article goes over the timelines for when these changes will be coming, as well as some links to more information about these changes.
  Update on Collaborator Limit for Free Trello Workspaces

• Next, a platform update is coming to every Data Center product. This will provide breaking changes and platform-level improvements, including security and compliance enhancements and increased performance and scalability. Be sure to read the article for details.
  New platform releases coming for all Data Center products!

• As of May 6th, Bitbucket Cloud will now have a 100Mb size limit of files pushed to a repository. Git LFS will still be supported to track large files outside of the repository, but be sure to check the article for more details.
  Bitbucket Cloud is implementing a 100 MB limit on files included in a Git push

• Jira Service Management is now offering the ability to gate Github deployments based on a workflow approval. Click the link and read more for all the details.
  🎉 Introducing deployment gating for GitHub in Jira Service Management

• Next, you now have more control over your Jira notifications that will be sent to you via email. You can now be more granular about the types of notifications you receive as well as changing those notifications per project. Please read the article for more details.
  Take control of your inbox with new ways to manage Jira notifications

• Jira Work Management will now about you to insert a list/table of issues with the “/jira“ command. You can use filters, keywords or JQL to refine the list of issues.
  New! Insert a list of Jira issues in Jira Work Management!

• Next, a number of new updates have been released for Atlas. New templates for writing updates, connecting teams directly to goals and planning ahead by setting start dates for goals. Be sure to the article for all the details.
  💪🏼 Atlas goals just got more powerful

• Compass now has an expanded scorecard history so you can track the health of components over a longer period of time.
  Track component health with expanded scorecard history now available in Compass

• Finally, Confluence Cloud has improved the way you nest content in the editor. It’s now easier to nest things like actions or quotes inside of a list.
  Content nesting enhancements in Confluence Cloud

Trending discussions you should join:

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

• Security Bulletin Updates for February 2024 - Seeking your feedback!

• Prioritize Jira Product Backlog | What Method Suits for Your Team?

• Friday Fun - National Tortilla Chip Day! 🥑

• Miscellaneous Monday: What's your favourite Indian delicacy ?

• Streamlining Your Transition to Jira Product Discovery with Deep Clone for Jira

Questions left out in the cold:

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

• Allow Logging Work when Editing issue has been restricted

• Internal customer access to service portal with active diretory integration

• Can Confluence Databases create pages with labels?

• Integrate Compass with Statuspage for non-public pages

• Can I have a card that summerize all the undone of the other checklists in the board?

• Stopping emails from Atlas

• What's the difference between --squash & --squash --ff-only and when would I use one over the other?

Automation Corner:

Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation!

• Unleash the Power of Efficiency: A Recap of Our "Jira Automations" Event

• Changes to required scopes for mergeCheck module and new on-reviewer-status-changed trigger

• 📣 Admin LOVE: Content Manager is BACK in left nav + NEW Automation Templates Search & Filters 🤩

• Automation to sync Epic and Child Tasks

• Streamlining your A4J workflow with issue archiving

• The Developer's Edge | Guardrails and Governance with Config Policies on CircleCI

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!

[Andy Gladstone]

This was an out of this world round-up @Jimmy Seddon! Thank you!

 

[Amanda Barber]

No pranks here - all goodies! Thanks for the round-up @Jimmy Seddon! 

[Barbara Szczesniak]

Thanks, @Jimmy Seddon! You always mention something I missed that could benefit my team.

[Walter Buggenhout]

Awesome round-up, as always; thanks @Jimmy Seddon! 

[Laurie Sciutti]

Thank you, @Jimmy Seddon !  I missed a few of these!

[Daria Kulikova_GitProtect_io]

Thank you, @Jimmy Seddon , great resources!

[Tuncay Senturk]

Thank you @Jimmy Seddon for the comprehensive roundup —it's always appreciated!

[Teodora V _Fun Inc_]

These round-ups remind me how busy the world is all the time. Productivity never sleeps! 

[W Hanada]

Thank you, @Jimmy Seddon ! well done!

[Syed Osama]

Thanks a lot, @Jimmy Seddon an awesome round-up and helpful.