At-a-Glance: What the annoucements from Atlassian Team ’25 Europe Mean for Regulated Industries
Atlassian Team ’25 Europe introduced a significant leap forward in secure, AI-powered cloud collaboration. From the expansion of Rovo—Atlassian’s enterprise AI layer—to new Software and Service Collections and government-grade cloud deployment models, Atlassian is redefining how regulated organizations modernize safely.
For public sector, defense, healthcare, and other compliance-driven industries, these updates mean faster cloud migration, deeper data governance, and AI capabilities built with control and transparency in mind. Oxalis helps customers navigate this evolution—architecting secure Atlassian environments, designing compliant AI workflows, and ensuring that innovation and regulation move forward together.
When Atlassian’s Team ’25 Europe opened in Barcelona this week, one message was loud and clear: AI is no longer an experiment. It’s the foundation of teamwork for the decade ahead.
From the expansion of Atlassian’s AI layer, Rovo, to the launch of new AI-native product Collections and secure cloud deployment models, this year’s announcements set the stage for organizations to modernize how they work, safely, intelligently, and at scale.
For customers in highly regulated industries, these innovations aren’t just exciting; they’re transformational. Atlassian is investing heavily in the features, governance, and compliance controls that regulated teams have been waiting for. And Oxalis is ready to help you turn these capabilities into measurable impact.
1. Cloud Isn’t Optional; Migration Is Inevitable
Atlassian officially unveiled Atlassian Ascend, a comprehensive migration program designed to make cloud transitions faster, safer, and more predictable. Ascend includes new migration tools, partner incentives, and “FastShift” automation to reduce friction and de-risk every stage of the move.
They also announced a series of enterprise-grade deployment models, including:
- Government Cloud – FedRAMP-compliant offerings for U.S. public sector customers.
- Isolated Cloud – Dedicated, single-tenant infrastructure for organizations with strict data separation needs (coming soon).
- Units – Logical partitions within Cloud organizations to isolate data, permissions, and policies per business unit or domain.
Meanwhile, Atlassian confirmed the long-anticipated Data Center sunset over the next few years, signaling that now is the time to plan your move.
Why it matters
For regulated organizations, moving to the cloud has often meant balancing modernization against security, sovereignty, and compliance. With Atlassian’s expanded options, that balance is finally attainable. Teams can migrate confidently—choosing the right mix of performance, residency, and control—without sacrificing compliance posture.
How Oxalis helps
Oxalis has guided some of the most complex migrations in government, healthcare, and defense. We:
- Architect secure cloud environments that meet regulatory frameworks like FedRAMP, CMMC, HIPAA, and DFARS.
- Design data-segmented structures using Units to protect sensitive programs and isolate risk.
- Pilot and validate Isolated Cloud and hybrid deployments to ensure security and compliance from day one.
2. Rovo Everywhere: AI That Knows, Connects, and Governs
Rovo—Atlassian’s AI backbone—took center stage at Team ’25. It’s now embedded across every Atlassian surface: search, chat, automation, and agent workflows.
What’s new in Rovo
- Rovo Search will soon become the default in Jira, bringing unified results across Atlassian tools and connected apps.
- Rovo Chat adds memory, real-time collaboration, and “Skills” — over 100 modular capabilities built by Atlassian, partners, and customers.
- Rovo Studio enables teams to create secure, production-ready AI agents and Forge apps directly inside Atlassian, in plain English.
- Enhanced Governance includes usage dashboards, granular permissions, audit logs, and Atlassian-hosted LLMs — ensuring data stays within controlled boundaries.
Why it matters
For regulated customers, AI adoption has been slowed by one question: “Can we trust it?”
Rovo answers that with transparency, control, and compliance built in. It’s AI designed for enterprise governance, not as a separate experiment, but as a core part of the system of work.
How Oxalis helps
We specialize in bringing AI to regulated environments responsibly. With Rovo, that means:
- Defining clear AI usage and data indexing policies for compliance.
- Building custom Rovo agents that automate audits, change approvals, and workflow traceability.
- Integrating Rovo into secure enclaves, ensuring that sensitive information never crosses defined boundaries.
- Providing continuous monitoring and adoption support to keep AI use aligned with policy.
3. Collections: AI-Native Suites for Every Domain
Atlassian expanded its “Collections” model—domain-focused bundles that unify apps, data, and AI—to now include:
- Software Collection: Rovo Dev, DX, Bitbucket Pipelines, Bitbucket SCM, and Compass for the entire software development lifecycle.
- Service Collection: Jira Service Management, Customer Service Management, Assets, and Rovo for unified service and operations.
- Teamwork Collection: Jira, Confluence, Loom, Rovo, and Guard Standard for collaboration and communication.
- Strategy Collection: Focus, Talent, and Align for enterprise planning and portfolio alignment.
Why it matters
For regulated teams, Collections close the gaps between domains. Software, service, strategy, and collaboration are no longer siloed — and that’s a major compliance win.
Unified data and governance across Collections mean traceability from incident to resolution, better auditability, and fewer blind spots across the enterprise.
How Oxalis helps
Oxalis helps organizations:
- Implement cross-collection workflows that maintain visibility and control end-to-end.
- Create AI agents that bridge domains (e.g., automatically linking a vulnerability report to a service ticket and audit trail).
- Quantify value through compliance KPIs: fewer manual handoffs, faster incident resolution, and reduced audit prep time.
4. Enterprise-Grade Scale and Governance
Atlassian also announced new scale and compliance enhancements across its Cloud Platform:
- Scale: Jira now supports 100K users; Confluence will support 250K, JSM 50K.
- Multiple Sandboxes: Safer change management environments for configuration and testing.
- Backup & Restore: Enhanced business continuity and audit-ready data control.
- Expanded Data Residency: Coverage now includes Rovo, Analytics, and Focus.
- Platformization: Assets, Projects, and Units become platform apps for consistent governance.
- Teamwork Graph Externalization: APIs let customers build secure, compliant custom apps on Atlassian’s unified data layer.
Why it matters
Regulated industries need predictability and transparency. These updates strengthen the control surface: sandboxing, restore capability, and data locality — the trifecta of enterprise assurance. They also empower organizations to innovate safely, building their own secure integrations on top of Atlassian’s trusted data foundation.
How Oxalis helps
Oxalis partners with enterprise clients to:
- Architect governance-first Atlassian environments using sandbox segmentation and automated rollback.
- Map data residency requirements to architecture design.
- Build custom analytics and oversight tools on the Teamwork Graph, surfacing compliance intelligence and operational insights in real time.
5. A Practical Roadmap for Regulated Teams
Here’s how organizations can act on the Team ’25 Europe momentum right now:
- Assess your current state and risk profile
Identify workloads, data types, and compliance standards that will be affected by migration or AI adoption. - Plan your migration proactively
Leverage Ascend resources and Oxalis guidance to define sequencing, risk mitigation, and post-migration validation. - Establish AI governance early
Define what data can be indexed, who can deploy agents, and how activity will be logged and audited. - Pilot Rovo and Collections strategically
Start small — one department, one workflow — measure results, and expand from there. - Monitor, refine, and report
Use Atlassian’s new usage dashboards and Oxalis’s reporting frameworks to measure adoption, compliance, and ROI.
Why Oxalis Is Your Partner for What Comes Next
At Oxalis, we live at the intersection of compliance and collaboration. We’ve implemented Atlassian solutions for defense contractors, shipyards, healthcare systems, and state agencies—each with complex data governance and security requirements.
Now, as Atlassian redefines the system of work with AI and Cloud, we’re helping our customers take the next step — responsibly, confidently, and with measurable business value.
We combine:
- Deep Atlassian expertise across Cloud, Service Management, and Enterprise Strategy & Planning.
- Compliance fluency across CMMC, HIPAA, DFARS, FedRAMP, and more.
- Proven frameworks for migration, AI governance, and secure collaboration.
- Practical experience implementing real-world solutions for teams that cannot afford risk.
Our goal is simple: help regulated organizations modernize securely and unlock the same AI-driven productivity as their commercial counterparts, without compromise.
Final Thoughts
Team ’25 Europe wasn’t just another product launch. It was a signal of where teamwork—and compliance-ready innovation—is heading.
AI is no longer a bolt-on feature. Cloud is no longer optional. Governance is no longer a constraint; it’s a differentiator.
Atlassian is building for that reality, and Oxalis is here to help you get there — safely, intelligently, and ahead of the curve.
Interested in understanding how Team ’25 updates affect your organization?
Schedule a strategy session with Oxalis to assess your migration roadmap, AI readiness, and compliance posture.
