What is Jira?

Are you new to Jira, and not even sure how to pronounce it, let alone what it is? Then join in for first post in a series meant to bring you from Jira newbie to Jira Guy or Gal!

When Should You Restart Jira?

How do you decide when to do a Jira Restart? Are regular restarts even necessary? Today we look at just that and answer a reader’s question! How do you plan your Jira restarts?

Team ’23, Day Zero and One Recap

Today we are looking at the experience for the first one and a half days at Team ’23. What do you think will get announced on day two?

Data Center’s Roadmap ’23

Today we look at what Atlassian has planned for Jira and Confluence Data Center in 2023. What features are you excited about? What features would you add to the Roadmap?

Team ’23: Sessions I’ll be at

This week, I highlight some of the sessions I’m interested in attending, including those on Jira governance, promoting adoption, and breaking DevOps rules. What sessions do you want to check out?
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Are Free Apps going extinct?

A reader came to me concerned about the future of free Apps on the Atlassian Marketplace. So let’s take a look at what the actual data says to see how things might be changing!

Interviewing with a Jira Admin

Are you preparing to do a job interview for a Jira Admin position? Or perhaps you’re interviewing some one to be a Jira Admin? Today we show how you can do some tests and give some questions you can ask to give yourself the best chance at success!

What features would you add to Jira?

So, if you were a Program Manager at Atlassian, what would you add to Jira? Today we review four answers the community gave and see what it would take to make them a reality, and how likely it is for Atlassian to give them to us. So – what would you add?

The Data Center Followup

Six months ago, I first wrote about my concerns Atlassian’s plans around Data Center. Today we look at everything Atlassian has shared with us since, and decide if anything has changed our minds. What do you think the future holds?

Yep, there’s another Atlassian CVE

In today’s post, we’ll take a look at the Vulnerability Atlassian just announced for Jira, CVE 2022-26135, and how to defend your instance against it. How have you been impacted by the recent problems?