Why Atlassian Government Cloud is the Future for Public Sector Teams

Government agencies are under increasing pressure to modernize their IT infrastructure while maintaining stringent security and compliance standards. With the rapid acceleration of cloud adoption across the public sector, agencies need solutions that are secure, scalable, and purpose-built for government operations. Enter Atlassian Government Cloud—a FedRAMP Moderate-authorized platform designed to help agencies move work forward faster, collaborate efficiently, and maintain the highest levels of security and compliance.

The Shift to Cloud: Why Now?

The U.S. government is prioritizing cloud-first and cloud-smart strategies to enhance efficiency and agility. As agencies transition away from legacy on-premises systems, they require solutions that:

  • Ensure security and compliance while handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
  • Reduce IT overhead and eliminate infrastructure maintenance burdens
  • Foster cross-agency collaboration with modern, cloud-based tools
  • Scale effortlessly to accommodate growing mission demands

With Atlassian Government Cloud, agencies no longer have to choose between security and innovation—they can have both.

What is Atlassian Government Cloud?

Atlassian Government Cloud is a dedicated cloud environment designed for public sector organizations. Built on Amazon Web Services (AWS) us-east-1, with redundancy in us-west-2, it ensures high availability, security, and compliance with federal standards. Unlike Atlassian’s commercial cloud, the Government Cloud environment is entirely separate, with:

  • Strict data controls to prevent unauthorized data access or transfer
  • A separate login environment for government users
  • Network firewalls to restrict inbound and outbound data flow

This purpose-built architecture allows agencies to modernize their workflows, improve collaboration, and confidently migrate to the cloud while staying FedRAMP-compliant.

Key Benefits for Government Agencies

  • FedRAMP Moderate Authorization – Ensures compliance with rigorous federal security requirements
  • Fully Managed Infrastructure – Reduces IT complexity with automatic updates and security patches
  • Enhanced Collaboration – Enables real-time teamwork across agencies and remote teams
  • Scalability & Cost Savings – Eliminates the need for expensive on-premises infrastructure
  • Seamless Migration Path – Designed for agencies currently using Atlassian Data Center or Cloud

Why Migrate Now?

If your agency is still running Atlassian Data Center or an on-premises ITSM solution, now is the time to plan for migration. With FedRAMP Moderate Authorization in place, Atlassian Government Cloud offers a secure, future-proof platform that allows agencies to streamline workflows, optimize IT service management, and enhance collaboration without compromising compliance.

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Tired of Teamwork Friction? JSM’s Got Your Back (Webinar On-Demand)

Ready to break down silos, supercharge collaboration, and revolutionize how your teams work together? Don’t miss our exclusive on-demand webinar, “Unlock the Power of Jira Service Management.”

In this information-packed session, we reveal how a leading tax software provider used JSM to unite their IT teams, foster seamless collaboration between support and development, and achieve remarkable results.

Discover How JSM Can:

  • Boost Productivity: Streamline workflows and automate repetitive tasks, freeing your team to focus on high-value work.
  • Enhance Collaboration: Create a single source of truth for requests, issues, and knowledge, enabling teams to work together seamlessly.
  • Unify Reporting: Gain valuable insights into your team’s performance and identify areas for improvement.

Webinar Highlights:

  • JSM Overview: Get a comprehensive look at JSM’s core features and how they integrate with Jira.
  • Team Optimization Strategies: Learn how to leverage JSM to empower your support and operations teams.
  • Automation Deep Dive: Discover how to automate tasks within JSM to increase efficiency and focus.
  • Live Q&A: Get your questions answered by our JSM experts.

Your Transformation Starts Now

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how Jira Service Management can elevate your organization.

Watch the webinar on-demand today and start your journey toward a more collaborative and productive future.

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Insight for Jira Service Management – Webinar [ON-DEMAND]

On September 22nd 2021, Oxalis held a webinar on Atlassian’s asset management tool – Insight for Jira Service Management. Viewers were taken on a deep dive of Insight’s capabilities by our Jira Service Management Expert, Dane Warner. Topics included:

  • [2:52] What is Asset Management?
  • [4:32] Configuration Management
  • [6:49] Introduction of Insight for Jira Service Management
  • [9:05] Asset Management & the Atlassian Ecosystem
  • [13:21] Case study
  • [16:18] Insight Terminology
  • [19:05] Key Features
  • [21:38] Insight Capability Demonstration
  • [48:31] Live Q&A Session

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On March 30th 2022, we held a webinar on DevSecOps security best practices. Participants had the opportunity to hear from Oxalis on how to improve the security of their software development processes and reduce risk exposure. Topics included:

  • [4:07] Software security background
  • [4:48] DevSecOps builds upon DevOps
  • [12:20] DevSecOps introduction
  • [14:13] Full lifecycle security
  • [20:42] Stepping into DevSecOps
  • [23:38] Software Supply Chain Management
  • [28:22] Static Code Analysis
  • [31:01] Build Artifact Analysis
  • [34:15] Integrating into the CI/CD Pipeline
  • [39:25] Sample DevSecOps Toolchain
  • [44:41] How to get started

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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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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

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On December 9th, 2021, we held a webinar on Agile at Scale. Participants had the opportunity to hear from Oxalis on how to implement agile methodologies and boost collaboration across their enterprises. Topics included:

  • [3:29] Agile Overview & Characteristics
  • [10:48] Agile & DevSecOps
  • [12:29] Planning your Agile at Scale Journey using Metrics to Measure and Improve your Agile Practices
  • [17:07] Why is Scaling Agile Successfully so Difficult?
  • [25:01] Organizational Requirements to Scale Agile
  • [29:15] Scaling Agile Frameworks
  • [32:18] Atlassian Tools Support Agile at Scale
  • [37:08] Summary
  • [38:30] Q&A Session

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Jira Advanced Roadmaps – Webinar [ON-DEMAND]

On November 17th, 2021, we held a Jira Advanced Roadmaps webinar. Participants had the opportunity to hear from Oxalis on how to make better planning decisions within their organizations with this versatile software. Topics included:

  • [3:19] The challenges of Enterprise Portfolio Management
  • [6:52] Comparison of Basic vs Advanced Roadmaps
  • [8:02] Issue hierarchies
  • [9:23] Demo Session start
  • [13:59] Creating a plan
  • [15:04] Plan overview
  • [25:57] Creation of filters
  • [41:12] Best practices recommendations
  • [48:32] Q&A Session

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How can I get the most out of Jira software Advanced Roadmaps?

To get the most out of Jira Software Advanced Roadmaps, teams should define their project hierarchy, plan for dependencies, use “what-if” scenarios, customize their view, review and adjust their roadmap regularly, and collaborate with their team.

  1. Define your project hierarchy: Before creating a roadmap, define your project hierarchy. Use Jira to create epics, stories, and tasks that align with your team’s goals and objectives. This hierarchy should be consistent across all projects and should be used to create a roadmap that shows the relationship between projects.
  2. Plan for dependencies: Use JAR to identify dependencies between projects and plan accordingly. Ensure that you schedule projects in the right order and that you have enough resources to complete each project.
  3. Use “what-if” scenarios: JAR allows teams to create “what-if” scenarios to test different project schedules and resource allocations. This can help teams make informed decisions about their work and ensure that they are maximizing their resources.
  4. Customize your view: JAR provides several views, including Gantt, capacity, and team views. Customize your view to get a better understanding of your project, and to find the best view for your team.
  5. Review and adjust your roadmap regularly: Review your roadmap regularly to make sure that it aligns with your team’s goals and objectives. Adjust your schedule and resource allocation as needed to ensure that your team is on track to meet its goals.
  6. Collaborate with your team: Use JAR to collaborate with your team. Share the roadmap with your team and stakeholders, and keep everyone informed of any changes to the project.

By following these tips, teams can use Jira Advanced Roadmaps to manage complex projects and visualize their work, ultimately improving project outcomes.

What are the differences between Jira Advanced Roadmaps vs Jira Align?

Jira Align and Jira Advanced Roadmaps are both tools from Atlassian that help teams manage complex projects and align their work with organizational goals. However, they differ in their approach and functionality.

Jira Align is a scaled agile solution designed for enterprise organizations that are looking to align their strategic objectives with their agile practices. It provides a holistic view of the organization’s portfolio of work, allowing teams to collaborate and plan across multiple levels of the organization. Jira Align focuses on portfolio management, providing a centralized hub for planning and tracking work across multiple teams and projects. It includes features like program increment planning, portfolio and capability management, and value stream mapping.

On the other hand, Jira Advanced Roadmaps is a tool that helps teams plan and track their work using agile methodologies. It allows teams to create detailed roadmaps that visualize their work, providing a clear understanding of what needs to be done and when. Jira Advanced Roadmaps provides teams with features like dependency management, what-if scenario planning, and multiple-level roadmaps. It enables teams to track progress and make informed decisions about their work.

In summary, Jira Align is designed for larger organizations that need to align their strategic objectives with their agile practices, while Jira Advanced Roadmaps is ideal for teams that need to plan and track their work using agile methodologies. Both tools provide essential features for managing complex projects and can be used together to create a comprehensive solution for managing work across the organization.

How can Oxalis help you?

Jira license management services are available to help you manage your Jira license effectively. Oxalis can help teams to manage their Jira licenses effectively. Start saving time and effort by managing your licenses for you. These services can help you save time and effort, optimize your license usage, and ensure compliance with your licensing agreement.

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On September 1st, we held our webinar Knowledge Management (KM) at Enterprise Scale with Confluence Cloud. Participants had the opportunity to hear from Oxalis Confluence experts how to advance their team’s knowledge and experience at the Enterprise scale. Topics included:

  • What is Enterprise Knowledge management?
  • Why should I care about KM?
  • How can Confluence help my organization collaborate and share knowledge better?
  • Where is my company on Oxalis’ KM Maturity Model?
  • How company’s can optimize Confluence at various stages of maturity
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What are the principal Confluence features and benefits for knowledge management?

Confluence is a powerful knowledge management tool that offers a wide range of features and benefits for organizations looking to manage their information and knowledge more effectively. Here are some of the key benefits of using Confluence for knowledge management:

  1. Centralized repository: Confluence provides a centralized repository for all of an organization’s information and knowledge, making it easy to find and access the information that you need.
  2. Improved collaboration: With Confluence, teams can work together more effectively, sharing information, discussing issues, and making changes in real-time.
  3. Better organization: Confluence offers a range of features for organizing and categorizing information, making it easier to find and access the information that you need.
  4. Enhanced search capabilities: The platform’s powerful search capabilities allow users to quickly find the information they need, even within large volumes of data.
  5. Customization options: Confluence provides a range of customization options, allowing organizations to tailor the platform to meet their specific needs and requirements.
  6. Accessibility: With Confluence, organizations can make their information and knowledge accessible to all members of the team, regardless of their location or device.

Overall, Confluence offers a comprehensive solution for organizations looking to manage their knowledge and information more effectively and improve their overall productivity.

Why using Confluence as a knowledge base can give you multiple benefits?

As organizations grow and become more complex, it can be difficult to keep track of all the information and knowledge that is generated. From project plans and reports to policies and procedures, this information is critical to the success of the business. But if it is not properly organized and managed, it can be lost or become difficult to find, leading to delays, mistakes, and increased costs.

This is where Confluence can help. Confluence is a powerful knowledge management platform that provides organizations with a centralized repository for all of their information and knowledge. With Confluence, organizations can improve their collaboration, streamline their information management processes, and increase their overall productivity.

Here are some of the key benefits of using Confluence as a knowledge base:

  1. Improved collaboration: Confluence provides a range of collaboration tools and features, making it easy for teams to work together, share information, and make changes in real-time.
  2. Better organization: With Confluence, organizations can categorize and organize their information in a way that makes sense for their business, making it easier to find and access the information that they need.
  3. Enhanced search capabilities: The platform’s powerful search capabilities allow users to quickly find the information they need, even within large volumes of data.
  4. Customization options: Confluence provides a range of customization options, allowing organizations to tailor the platform to meet their specific needs and requirements.
  5. Accessibility: With Confluence, organizations can make their information and knowledge accessible to all members of the team, regardless of their location or device.

In conclusion, Confluence offers a comprehensive solution for organizations looking to manage their knowledge and information more effectively. By using Confluence as a knowledge base, organizations can improve their collaboration, streamline their information management processes, and increase their overall productivity.

Here’s an example of how an organization might use Confluence as its knowledge base

  1. Create a Space: The first step is to create a Confluence Space specifically for the knowledge base. This Space can be customized with a unique look and feel, and organized in a way that makes sense for the organization.
  2. Categorize Information: Next, the organization can begin categorizing their information into pages within the Space. For example, they might create pages for policies, procedures, project information, and team guidelines.
  3. Add Content: With the pages created, the organization can start adding content to their knowledge base. This might include text, images, videos, and other types of media. The organization can also use Confluence’s collaboration features to work together on the content and make changes in real-time.
  4. Make it Searchable: With the content added, the organization can make their knowledge base searchable by adding labels and other metadata to their pages. This makes it easier for users to find the information they need, even within large volumes of data.
  5. Share the Knowledge: With their knowledge base set up, the organization can share it with their team, making the information and knowledge accessible to all members, regardless of their location or device.

This is just one example of how an organization might use Confluence as their knowledge base. With its powerful features and customization options, Confluence can be tailored to meet the specific needs of any organization, making it a flexible and effective solution for managing information and knowledge.

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