Plan your Cloud migration
Documents to help you prepare to migrate your Atlassian Server products.
Cloud migration trials for Server and Data Center customers
For a limited time, Server and Data Center customers with more than 60 days left of active maintenance can get one year free to explore and assess Cloud when you claim your Cloud migration trial between February 15 - May 15, 2023.
Cloud migration trials (previously known as extended Cloud trials) are for Atlassian Server and Data Center customers who want to migrate to Cloud. They are trial Cloud licenses that match the user tier and length of your remaining Server or Data Center license (up to 12 months), so you don’t pay twice for licenses through the migration process.
We recommend using Cloud migration trials to:
Evaluate: Test differences in functionality and try out new Cloud features.
Create a proof of concept: Build a proof of concept for migration, set up initial projects, or build your business case with internal stakeholders.
Test: Run multiple test migrations in a full production environment, without any limitations.
Migrate: Migrate your data to Cloud. Be sure to sign up with a URL that you plan to keep as your new production site once your migration is complete.
Cloud migration trials do not impact your current Server license in any way. You'll create a new URL (yoursitename.atlassian.net) in order to access and evaluate Cloud using this trial.
Available products and plans
Cloud migration trials are available for:
Jira Work Management Cloud (in server known as Jira Core)
Jira Software Cloud
Jira Service Management Cloud
Confluence Cloud
Jira Work Management is exclusively available on a Standard plan. Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence offer Standard and Premium plans. Contact our team to try an Enterprise plan by filling out our contact form.
Eligibility for Cloud migration trials
Cloud migration trials are available at no cost to Server and Data Center customers. The trials are associated with an existing Support Entitlement Number (SEN) and align with your current maintenance period:
Trial length: Your trial will match your remaining license period, up to 12 months. It will end when your existing Server or Data Center license period runs out.
User tier included in the trial: Your trial will match your current user tier, up to 20,000 users. If you have more than 20,000 users and would like to try our cloud products, you can contact us to get started.
User tier eligible for the trial: You need a Commercial or Academic license with 11+ users to be eligible. Starter tiers (10 users or less) and Community license holders aren’t eligible, but you’re encouraged to explore Atlassian's Free Cloud plans. Learn more about Free Cloud plans
Expired license: If you have fewer than 60 days remaining on your Server maintenance or Data Center license, or if you have a lapsed or expired maintenance, you can still get a free 60-day cloud migration trial. Learn how to migrate with an expired license.
How to use Cloud migration trials
The best way to use Cloud migration trials depends on the complexity of your migration:
Simpler migrations
Simpler migrations have:
Fewer than 1,000 users
1-6 apps
Fewer than 100 custom fields
Use the trial in the following way:
Activate your trial at the beginning of your migration journey, when you start exploring Cloud or planning your migration.
Use the trial throughout your entire migration journey, including testing and production migrations.
After you’ve migrated to Cloud, use step-up credits to convert the remainder of your license into a Cloud subscription.
What are step-up credits?
Like trading in a new phone step-up credits allow you to trade-in the remainder of your Server (or Data Center) license for credit in Cloud. Step-up credits are available only for annual subscriptions. Learn more about step-up credits
Complex migrations
Complex migrations have at least one of:
1,000+ users
6+ apps
100+ custom fields
Use the trial in the following way:
Activate your trial at the beginning of your migration journey, when you start exploring Cloud or planning your migration.
Use the trial throughout the Assess and Plan phases, where you evaluate Cloud products and plan your migration.
When you’re ready for testing and production migrations, purchase Dual licensing. This will let you use both server and Cloud, and migrate at your own pace.
What is dual licensing?
In dual licensing, you purchase an annual Cloud subscription and get your Server or Data Center license extended to the same period at no extra cost. This lets you use both Server (or Data Center) and Cloud products as you test or migrate in phases. Dual licensing is available only for annual subscriptions. Learn more about dual licensing
Cloud migration trials and billing
Your billing details are not required for Cloud migration trials. At the end of your trial, you’ll need to select a monthly or annual billing cycle to continue using Cloud:
Monthly subscriptions: You’ll get an email before your trial ends to add your billing information. You can add your billing details until 7 days after your trial period. Once billing details are added, your Cloud trial will continue on a monthly payment plan.
Annual subscriptions: You can get a quote by going to admin.atlassian.com > Manage subscriptions > Choose annual payment.
If you haven’t subscribed at the end of your trial, you’ll be unsubscribed from all the products you’re trialling. Your data will also be deleted after 15 days.
Cloud migration trials are subject to our Cloud Terms of Service and are treated like any Cloud trial. Learn more in our pricing and licensing FAQ
Cloud migration trials and existing plans
You can add a Cloud migration trial to:
a Standard or Premium Cloud trial
an existing Free Cloud plan
an existing 7-day Cloud evaluation
an existing Cloud domain with no products enabled
a new Cloud site
Cloud migration trials cannot be applied to active paid Cloud subscriptions.
You may receive an email from Atlassian with a unique signup link. Be careful not to forward this link, as it can be claimed by anybody inside or outside of your organization.
When resetting, deleting or reactivating an existing Cloud subscription, the Cloud migration trial will automatically carry over as long as it’s still valid and hasn’t expired.
Other Atlassian products and apps with migration trials
Atlassian Access includes a free 30-day trial by default. You can also submit a ticket with our support team and our team will extend your Access trial to match the length of your Cloud migration trial. Learn more about Atlassian Access
Marketplace apps include a free 30-day trial by default. After 30 days, Marketplace apps can be purchased while you continue to explore Cloud and plan your migration using the Cloud migration trial.
Activate your Cloud migration trial
There are a few ways you can sign up for a Cloud migration trial, depending on where you are in your migration journey.
Activate your trial from the Atlassian website
Go to http://atlassian.com/migration/cloud/free-license/options.
Login to your Atlassian account when prompted (if you’re not already logged in).
Select a license from the list.
Select Activate trial.
Once you’ve done this, you can create a new Cloud site, or select an existing site to apply your Cloud migration trial.
Activate your trial from my.atlassian.com
Go to my.atlassian.com.
Expand the relevant Server or Data Center license.
In the Cloud trial offer box, select Activate my trial.
Once you’ve done this, you can create a new Cloud site, or select an existing site to apply your Cloud migration trial.
Activate your trial within the Migration Assistants
You can also activate your Cloud migration trial from within the Jira and Confluence migration assistants.
From the Migration Assistant home screen, select the Migrate your data card. This will take you to the Migrations dashboard.
Select Create new migration.
In the Connect to your cloud site step, select Get Jira Cloud trial or Get Confluence Cloud trial.
Activate multiple Cloud migration trials
Each Cloud migration trial is associated with a Server or Data Center license and can only be activated once per SEN. If you own multiple self-managed licenses, you can activate separate Cloud migration trials for each.
If you plan to start a Cloud migration trial for more than one product, you must sign up for each Cloud migration trial separately. During the signup process for the second (and any subsequent) product, you’ll be able to select to use the site URL that you created for the first product.
More information and support
We have a number of channels available to help with your migration:
for migration planning information, visit the Atlassian Cloud Migration Center
for technical issues or support with strategy and best practices, contact our support team
for help with your license, contact our team
for peer advice, ask the Atlassian Community
for expert guidance, work with an Atlassian Partner
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