Plan your user migration

Learn how user management works in cloud and what problems you might encounter. It’s also important to check whether you’ll need Atlassian Guard Standard (formerly known as Atlassian Access) and a cloud identity provider, depending on your current configuration.

How user management works in Atlassian Cloud
Learn how user management works in Atlassian Cloud and how it's different from Data Center.
Determine your user migration strategy
Learn about best practices for completing your user migration.
Check whether you need Atlassian Guard and a cloud IdP
Check what you need to achieve your current user management setup in cloud.
Recommendations for SCIM provisioning with Atlassian Guard
Learn about our recommendations when setting up SCIM user provisioning.
Understand problems with duplicate or re-migrated groups
Learn how we link duplicate or re-migrated groups to avoid permission escalation or incorrect product access.
Understand problems with nested groups
Nested groups aren’t supported in cloud that’s why you need an identity provider that flattens them when syncing.

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