Atlassian Cloud Migration Webinar [ON-DEMAND]

On February 24th, 2021, we held a webinar on Atlassian Cloud Migrations. Participants heard, how to successfully implement a migration strategy and avoid the common pitfalls of an Atlassian Cloud migration. Topics included:

[2:20] Atlassian Cloud Migration Introduction
[3:23] Overview of Migration Tooling
[5:11] Migration Planning
[9:16] Organizational path
[13:20] Lucid’s Cloud Case Study
[14:35] Testing your Migration Path
[20:02] Migration Execution
[23:25] Post – Migration Activities
[27:01] Summary
[30:01] Q&A Session

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Watch our Atlassian cloud migration webinar to learn more:

Should I migrate to Atlassian Cloud?

You should know that Atlassian will end the sale, installation, and support for server apps on Feb 15, 2024. By knowing this, it is important to be precocious about starting your product migration.

Atlassian and its Marketplace Partners won’t offer technical support for any issues, security updates, or bug fixes for critical issues.

Regular security updates are essential for safeguarding your business against threats and issues. By upgrading to the Atlassian cloud, you can benefit from ongoing support, regular security updates, and the latest features and functionality.

This will help you stay current and secure while ensuring that your Atlassian tools continue to meet your evolving needs

If you’re using Atlassian products, you may be wondering about migrating to the Atlassian Cloud. Atlassian Cloud offers a number of benefits, including increased flexibility, ascendable, and security. However, you may also have questions about Atlassian Cloud licensing and Atlassian license cost.

When considering a migration to the Atlassian Cloud, it’s important to understand the licensing model. Atlassian Cloud licensing is based on the number of users that need to access the Cloud platform. You need to figure out how many users you currently have and will need for your Cloud deployment.

Oxalis team can help make the process easier, and ensure a successful migration of your products and apps to the cloud. As an Atlassian Platinum partner our experience is valuable for all of our customers. With Oxalis, migrating to the cloud is a simple process.

There are several reasons why an Atlassian migration is a powerful idea for your teams:

Availability: Atlassian Cloud allows you to access your tools and data from anywhere
Flexibility: Scale up or down as needed according to your team’s size
Automatic updates: Don’t need to worry about updating your tools or servers, Atlassian takes care of it for you.
Reduced maintenance: Moving to Atlassian Cloud can free up your IT team’s time and resources.
Cost savings: Atlassian Cloud can often be more cost effective than maintaining your own servers.

Atlassian plans

If you’re looking an Atlassian migration to cloud you should consider the Atlassian plans:

Free plan: There are limitations such as a limited number of users and storage capacity. You can use this as an initial trial period before make the move.
Standard plan: This is a paid subscription that offers additional features and functionality beyond the free plan
Premium plan: It is designed for larger organizations and teams that require more personalization and unlimited storage.

Note: Standard plan and Premium plan are month subscriptions.

A solution partner such as Oxalis can guide you across every step of the process in your cloud Atlassian migration.

Cloud: Marketplace apps

Atlassian Marketplace apps are add-ons that can be installed into your Atlassian tools, such as Jira, Confluence, or Bitbucket. These apps can provide additional functionality and personalization to your Atlassian tools, allowing you to tailor them to your specific needs.

The Marketplace has available multiple apps. These apps cover a broad range of categories, including project management, reporting, automation, security, and integrations with other tools.

How can Oxalis help me with my Atlassian products?

Oxalis offers Atlassian Professional Services. We can run your migration from server or data center to cloud. For example, in just 30 days, we migrated Lucid Software.

We’re a team of experts dedicated to helping organizations get the most out of Atlassian products. These services help businesses improve their workflows, optimize their Atlassian tools, and enhance collaboration and productivity.

They include cloud transformation, consulting, training, Atlassian license management, and Atlassian managed services.

The main benefit of Oxalis’ Atlassian Professional Services is the ability to customize your Atlassian tools to meet your specific needs. Our Atlassian consultants can work with you to understand your workflows and processes. Atlassian consultants can help with tool migrations, data migrations, and integrations with other systems. Additionally, our team offers Atlassian migration support at every stage of the process.

Our Atlassian Professional Services also provides ongoing support for your Atlassian products. This includes access to Atlassian support engineers, as well as proactive services like health checks, performance tuning, and system monitoring. With Atlassian support, you can ensure your Atlassian tools are running smoothly and efficiently. Also, We’re experts in Enterprise Work Management, ITSM, DevSecOps, and Agile at Scale.

Atlassian training covers a wide range of topics, including Jira Software, Confluence, Bitbucket, and more. With Oxalis training, your team can improve their skills and productivity.

Do you need some help with Atlassian cloud costs for your team? Contact us

8 Myths about Moving to the Cloud Debunked

In this whitepaper, other topics that will be touched are:

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Data management.
Customization.
And so on.

As more and more businesses move their operations to the cloud, Atlassian has become a popular choice for organizations looking for a robust suite of tools for project management, collaboration, and communication. However, there are still many myths and misconceptions about migrating to the Atlassian cloud that can prevent organizations from making the move.

Migrating to the Atlassian cloud offers many benefits, including improved security, access to the latest features, and scalability. While there are some myths and misconceptions about migrating to the cloud, the truth is that it is a simple and secure process that can help organizations save time and money. If you’re considering migrating to the Atlassian cloud, don’t let these myths hold you back. Instead, take advantage of the many benefits that the cloud has to offer.

Stop the worries now. Be part of the technology change and have chance to improve your business processes and communication with your team. Take the bull by the horns and star shooting down the principal myths about moving to the cloud with this quick guide we have for you. In this Atlassian Whitepaper, you will discover the principals myths companies has, about moving to cloud. Jump into the next level with Atlassian Cloud and improve your profits, productivity, and performance. Get this whitepaper and start your process with Atlassian.

If you’re considering a move to the cloud, chances are one of your biggest concerns is security. And if that’s the case, you’re not alone. In fact, 40% of IT managers surveyed said security and compliance are some of the greatest challenges of an on-prem-to-cloud migration. A staggering 94% of businesses that have already made the move to the cloud say security got better after the move—not worse.

No matter your size or user tier, every customer gets access to Atlassian’s enterprise-grade security. Atlassian has spent quite literally millions to make sure it’s airtight, and they’ve stated it’ll continue to be a priority. This means teams that have been dividing focus between security and other issues in house are now free to devote their time to supporting your teams and improving internal systems.

Migrating to the Atlassian cloud is important for several reasons. Firstly, it offers improved security and compliance for organizations. By hosting their data on the cloud, organizations can take advantage of the security infrastructure provided by cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), which can be more robust than what they can implement on their own. Additionally, Atlassian conducts regular security audits and has numerous compliance certifications, which can help organizations meet their own compliance requirements.

Secondly, the Atlassian cloud offers access to the latest features and enhancements. Atlassian’s cloud products are updated more frequently than their on-premises counterparts, which means that cloud users have access to new features and improvements sooner. This can help organizations stay competitive and adapt to changing business needs.

Thirdly, migrating to the Atlassian cloud can help organizations save time and money. Maintaining and upgrading on-premises installations can be a time-consuming and expensive process, and migrating to the cloud can reduce this burden. Additionally, the cloud versions of Atlassian’s products are more scalable and can handle larger volumes of data and users, which can help organizations grow without needing to invest in additional infrastructure.

Finally, migrating to the Atlassian cloud can help organizations streamline their operations and improve collaboration. Atlassian’s cloud products are designed to help teams work together more effectively and efficiently, with features like real-time collaboration, task tracking, and document sharing. By migrating to the cloud, organizations can take advantage of these features and improve their overall productivity and collaboration.

Overall, migrating to the Atlassian cloud is important for organizations that want to improve their security, access the latest features, save time and money, and streamline their operations. While there may be some myths and misconceptions about migrating to the cloud, the benefits of doing so can be significant for organizations of all sizes and industries.

If you need help with migration assistant or using the cloud, feel free to contact us.

Atlassian Cloud Enterprise is HIPAA Compliant

What does this mean for Healthcare providers holding PHI and PPI Data?

HIPAA Compliance (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). On February 2nd 2022, Atlassian announced HIPAA compliance for their Jira Software Cloud Enterprise and Confluence Cloud Enterprise products. With the introduction of this service, organizations with access to PHI can now use Atlassian Cloud to store and manage their sensitive data.

Atlassian will make use of Business Associate Agreements (BAA) to facilitate HIPAA compliance. Organizations must enter into a BAA before giving access to or disclosing any PHI to Atlassian Cloud.

Jira Software Cloud Enterprise and Confluence Cloud Enterprise will offer built-in security controls and processes that are compliant with HIPAA.

This is a potential game changer for Healthcare and data sensitive companies. Prior to this announcement, organizations managing PHI were unable to provide or store data in the Atlassian Cloud. Instead they needed to rely on self managed servers with complex Data Loss Prevention tools to scrub their instances of PHI and prevent data contamination. While some organizations may want to continue with hardened Data Loss Prevention techniques and tools as a precaution, others may want to establish a compliant domain. Hybridized solutions can also be used for integrations between server and cloud. Oxalis has successfully delivered these kinds of solutions for multiple healthcare providers and has deep experience in this field.

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What is HIPAA Compliance?

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a regulation made by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This
regulation is focused on safeguarding the privacy and security of individuals’ Protected Health Information and covers areas such as

Privacy and security measures for protecting PHI
Assessments for reasonable remediation or mitigating controls of addressable HIPAA Security Rule requirements
An annual HIPAA Security Attestation, Gap Assessment, and Security Risk Analysis
The regular review and retention of HIPAA Privacy and Security policies and procedures
Privacy and security awareness content regarding the protection of PHI, and
The designation and role definition of a HIPAA Privacy and Security Officers

HIPAA has established high standards to protect the security, integrity, and confidentiality of an individual’s Protected Health Information (PHI). This is achieved through various administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, including:

Descriptions of permitted use cases of PHI
Commitments to not use or further disclose PHI other than as permitted by the contract or as required by law;
The use of appropriate measures and safeguards to prevent inappropriate PHI use or disclosure

Next Steps

To qualify for Cloud HIPAA compliance your organization must utilize an Enterprise product and enter into a BAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) with Atlassian. Oxalis can help you request a BAA and determine your eligibility.

The following products are not currently covered by the BAA but may be road mapped by Atlassian soon:

Any Cloud product other than Confluence Cloud Enterprise or Jira Software Cloud Enterprise
The Cloud Standard or Cloud Premium editions of Jira Software and Confluence

As a Solution Partner, Oxalis is positioned to provide you with the best value license arrangement and can optimize your Atlassian products so that you reap the most benefit from your software subscriptions.

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Other things you need to know

Marketplace apps and Jira Service Management are not yet included in the HIPAA Compliant offering. Atlassian customers will need to individually assess each app that handles PHI to determine if they are HIPAA compliant. Oxalis can provide assistance with App assessment and provide workarounds via customized plugins and specialized support.

Want to find out more?

Please get in touch. Oxalis specializes in high compliance implementations of Atlassian products for Healthcare organizations. We’ll ensure you get the maximum value from your Atlassian services and secure your organization against the risk of HIPAA exposure. Check Atlassian’s guide & Atlassian’s HIPAA requirements guide to learn more about HIPAA compliance. Oxalis is an Atlassian Partner who delivers tailored solutions and support services within the healthcare industry. These partnerships are instrumental in driving innovation and productivity, ultimately improving patient care and healthcare delivery