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Woodcut-style illustration of a road sign reading EXIT with an arrow pointing right, set against a blue sky, with the headline "You Don't Have to Stay on Atlassian... Just know what you're giving up." and The Jira Guy logo.

Every Atlassian Product Can Be Replaced. The Platform Can’t.

Every Atlassian product can be replaced. Here’s what a 2,000-seat exit would pick for each, and what the platform takes with it.

atlassian, best-practices, cloud-migration, confluence, jira, jira-cloud, jira-data-center
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Counting Steps: How to Check a Jira Automation Rule Before December 3

Work out what a single Jira automation rule will cost under the December 3 step meter, with the formula, three worked examples, and an audit spreadsheet.

ai, atlassian, automation, best-practices, jira, jira-cloud, Just Jira, rovo

It’s Everyone’s Favorite Season Again: Everything Atlassian Just Put on a Meter

Atlassian meters Jira automation per step on December 3. Enterprise drops from unlimited to 1,000 steps per user. The allowances, the math, and what to ask.

ai, atlassian, automation, best-practices, jira, jira-cloud, rovo
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We Got a New Field Type. In Other News, Pigs Spotted in the Skies Over Sydney.

Jira just got its first genuinely new field type in over a decade. What formula fields do, six worth building this week, and where they still fall short.

atlassian, automation, Field Configuration, jira, Jira Administration, jira-cloud, jira-product-discovery, sysadmin

Did Atlassian Just Admit the Pace Is the Problem?

Atlassian shipped 510 changes to my instance in the first seven months of 2026, three every working day, and four in ten arrived with no date attached. The seasonal release program is the right idea. Here is the distance still to cover.

atlassian, confluence, jira, jira-cloud, sysadmin

Your Jira Doesn’t Need to Survive the Storm. It Needs to Keep Serving Eggs.

Jira disaster recovery tells you how to get back to green. It doesn’t tell you what keeps running meanwhile. Seven failure modes, and a template.

atlassian, best-practices, jira, jira-cloud, jira-service-management, sysadmin
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Atlassian Dropped New AI Dev Tools — Let’s Talk About It

Atlassian’s agentic Jira launch isn’t a new strategy — it’s the Team ’26 manifesto shipping as receipts. Here’s what it actually changes for admins and architects.

ai, atlassian, jira, jira-cloud, rovo, SDLC, software development, Teamwork Graph

Atlassian’s Project Field in Jira: What Admins Must Know

A new Atlassian Project field is being added to all your Jira screens in July — automatically. Here’s what it does, why the community is already reacting, and how to remove it.

atlassian, Atlassian Projects, Field Configuration, jira, Jira Administration, jira-cloud
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Your Atlassian Apps Already Hit a Ceiling. Here’s What to Do About It.

Atlassian Connect Phase 2 is already active — your apps can no longer grow. Here’s what it means for your instance and what to ask your vendors.

app management, atlassian, Atlassian Marketplace, cloud admin, confluence, Connect, Forge, jira, jira-cloud
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Field Schemes: The End of Jira’s Three-Layer Field Problem

Atlassian’s upcoming field schemes replace Jira’s three-layer field configuration system. Here’s what’s actually changing, what it means for experienced admins, and how to prepare before Q3 2026.

atlassian, Field Configuration, Field Schemes, jira, Jira Administration, jira-cloud

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