☕ Weekly Atlassian News Roundup | 22nd January 2024

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Good morning community, happy Monday ☕️💜

Looks like winter break is officially over, and Atlassian is announcing new improvements left and right! Starting with an increase of agent seats on JSM to 20K, new features in Atlassian and Confluence administration, and more!

🚀 New improvements

New Confluence Space Permissions

Now you can easily navigate through different sections via tabs to manage Users, Groups, Guests, and Anonymous access. You can also manage permissions with a simple click in Space Settings.

20k Agents in JSM Cloud

Atlassian has announced a significant expansion of its Jira Service Management Cloud, doubling its capacity to 20,000 agents. This move aims to meet growing enterprise needs by enhancing IT, support, and business service teams' capabilities.

Atlas - Updates from Where You Work

Atlas improves your Atlas status update workflow; you can now post updates directly from Jira Software, Slack, and Microsoft Teams.

Assets Objects in Confluence Cloud

The open beta of a new feature that integrates Jira Service Management Assets with Confluence Cloud is now live. You can directly embed and view Assets data within Confluence tables, streamlining your workflow and improving information accessibility.

👀 Important announcements

Security Advisory CVE-2023-22527

Atlassian has issued a critical security advisory (CVE-2023-22527) for Confluence Data Center and Server. Customers using outdated versions are at risk of a severe remote code execution attack. This vulnerability, with the highest critical rating of CVSS 10, requires immediate action. Atlassian urges customers to update their instances as per the advisory. Cloud sites are not affected.

Trello Blog Moved to Atlassian Blog

Trello's blog has officially moved to Atlassian's Work Life platform! After seven years of sharing top-notch productivity and remote work stories, Trello joins the Work Life blog to bring even more inspiring content.

Your Codegeist Project on Marketplace

Atlassian's latest Developer Blog post encourages Codegeist Unleashed participants to elevate their AI-powered apps by listing them on the Atlassian Marketplace. The article outlines steps for submitting apps, entering the Customer Choice Award Contest, and gaining visibility.

🗓 Events

Find all upcoming events on 👉 Events Calendar

📚 Article of the week

1000 Days of Distributed at Atlassian

Atlassian's report on 1,000 days of distributed work reveals impressive results: 92% of employees say it enables their best work, contributing to high retention rates. Women's representation in some regions doubled, with over 80% of staff visiting offices quarterly. Intentional team gatherings improved feelings of connection by 27%.