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Differences administering Bitbucket Data Center and Cloud
This page outlines the differences you can expect as a Bitbucket Data Center or Server administrator when moving to Bitbucket Cloud. Some of the capabilities listed below apply to more than one product.
Administrator roles
System administrator permissions
Works differently in Cloud.
What’s different
In Bitbucket Data Center and Server, you could grant System administrator permission. In Cloud, there is a workspace administrator role that has the highest level of permissions for a workspace, plus extra user management and workspace admin rights, such as managing billing details.
How it works in Cloud
Join or create and manage workspaces in Bitbucket Cloud
Who it affects
Organization admin, Product admin
Confluence
General administration
Backups
Works differently in Cloud.
What’s different
Backups are managed for you in Cloud. These backups are for disaster recovery purposes, and can’t be used to restore repositories that have been deleted by a user.
How it works in Cloud
Does Bitbucket back up my repositories?
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
External user directories
Works differently in Cloud, and may require an additional subscription.
What’s different
You can't use another Cloud, Data Center, or Server instance for user management, or directly connect to an external user directory. With an Enterprise plan or Atlassian Guard Standard subscription you can connect to an Identity Provider for single sign-on.
How it works in Cloud
N/A
Who it affects
Organization admin, Product admin
Bitbucket
Single sign-on
Available in Cloud, but may require an additional subscription.
What’s different
Single sign-on is available but requires an Enterprise plan or Atlassian Guard Standard. The process of connecting your Identity Provider (IdP) will be similar to the process you followed in Data Center.
How it works in Cloud
Configure single sign-on for your organization
Configure SAML single sign-on with an identity provider
Who it affects
Organization admin
Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira, Jira Service Management
Upgrades
Not necessary in Cloud.
What’s different
We perform all required maintenance and upgrades for you, there's no need to perform manual upgrades.
How it works in Cloud
Keep track of maintenance windows
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
Repository administration
Repository naming
Works differently in Cloud.
What’s different
In Bitbucket Cloud, every repository within a workspace or a project must have a unique name, unlike Bitbucket Data Center and Server where repositories in two different projects can have the same name.
How it works in Cloud
Grant repository access to users and groups
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
File size limits
Works differently in Cloud.
What’s different
In Bitbucket Data Center or Server, you could change the default 10 MB upload limit. You can’t configure this limit in Bitbucket Cloud. Git Large File Storage (LFS) is available in Cloud, and there’s no limit on the LFS file size you can push, but LFS storage limits will apply, and vary depending on your plan.
How it works in Cloud
Storage policy for Git LFS with Bitbucket
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
Security and compliance
IP allowlisting
Available in Cloud, on selected plans.
What’s different
With a Bitbucket Cloud Premium plan, you can enforce security settings on individual accounts. You can require that users with access to private repositories or other private content are only able to see content, or clone, push, or pull a private repository from certain IP addresses.
How it works in Cloud
Control access to your private content
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
Require two-step verification (2FA)
Available in Cloud, on selected plans.
What’s different
Two-step verification (also known as 2FA) is available with any Bitbucket Cloud plan to ensure user logins and connections are secure. With a Premium plan, you can require two-step verification for private repositories, which means users will need to have 2FA enabled in order to interact (view, push, clone, etc) with private content.
How it works in Cloud
Control access to private content in a workspace
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
Workflow management
Enforce merge checks
Available in Cloud, on selected plans.
What’s different
Merge checks on your pull requests are available with any Bitbucket Cloud plan. With a Premium plan, you can enforce merge checks so that all the checks must pass before the pull request can be merged.
How it works in Cloud
Suggest or require checks before a merge
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
Webhooks
Works differently in Cloud.
What’s different
Webhooks are available in Bitbucket Cloud, but username endpoints and username fields are not returned for user privacy reasons. Instead, events return an account ID.
How it works in Cloud
Who it affects
Product admin
Bitbucket
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