A Smarter Path to Jira Cloud
Cloud migrations can feel risky with cost overruns, data concerns, and uncertainty around ROI. Stalworx delivers structured, low-risk migrations that demonstrate value early, minimize disruption, and set your teams up for lasting success in Jira Cloud.
To the CloudMigrations Can Be Messy
Cost Uncertainty & ROI Hesitation
Without clear financial justification, stakeholders won't commit—you need proof that cloud will reduce total cost of ownership, not just shift expenses from infrastructure to subscription fees.
Customization & Integration Complexity
Your legacy configurations, custom workflows, third-party apps, and integrations create dependencies that could break during migration, potentially requiring custom development work you're not staffed to handle.
User Disruption & Adoption Risk
Changes to familiar workflows impact productivity, and your teams can't afford downtime or the learning curve of new interfaces during critical business periods, making adoption a major concern.
Limited In-House Expertise & Capacity
Your team lacks both the specialized migration expertise and the bandwidth to execute a large, complex migration while maintaining day-to-day operations and existing system support.
Migration Experts You Can Trust
We has executed dozens of Atlassian migrations across every scenario. Our methodology prioritizes data integrity, business continuity, and user confidence.
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- Comprehensive Pre-Migration Assessment: We audit your current environment to identify risks, dependencies, customizations, integrations, and data quality issues before migration begins. This discovery phase ensures no surprises and establishes realistic expectations for what transfers automatically versus what requires manual configuration.
- Phased Migration Approach: We execute migrations in controlled phases—pilot projects first, then department-by-department rollouts that allow testing, refinement, and user feedback before full organizational deployment. This approach minimizes risk and maintains business operations throughout the transition.
- Data Validation and Reconciliation: Every migration includes rigorous data validation: automated checks, manual spot reviews, and comprehensive reconciliation reports that verify all issues, attachments, comments, links, and metadata transferred successfully. We don't declare success until you've confirmed everything is accounted for.
- App and Integration Migration: Third-party apps and custom integrations require special attention during Cloud migrations. We evaluate Cloud equivalents, migrate app data where possible, reconfigure integrations for Cloud APIs, and ensure your connected toolchain continues functioning seamlessly.
- Cutover Planning and Execution: Our cutover plans minimize downtime through parallel environments, DNS switching, and carefully orchestrated timing. Most Cloud migrations execute over a weekend with users returning Monday to fully functional systems.
The Stalworx Approach
Expert Led Implementations
Our certified Atlassian consultants combine deep technical expertise with extensive project management experience across diverse industries. We understand both the technology and the organizational dynamics that make implementations succeed, ensuring your Jira deployment is built right from the start.
Boutique Service, Enterprise Results
Receive the personal attention and customized solutions of a boutique consultancy with the proven methodologies and scalable results typically reserved for enterprise engagements. No account managers or junior consultants. You work directly with senior experts who understand your challenges.
Results Focused Approach
Success isn't measured by features implemented or configurations deployed, it's measured by user adoption, productivity gains, and sustainable process improvements. We focus on outcomes that matter: teams that embrace their tools and organizations that achieve measurable transformation.
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Our Migration Methodology
1. Discovery & Assessment
We conduct a comprehensive audit of your current environment, documenting all projects, workflows, custom fields, automation, integrations, apps, user permissions, and data volumes to create a complete migration blueprint.
2. Migration Planning and Design
We develop a detailed migration plan including timeline, resource requirements, risk mitigation strategies, configuration translation approach, app migration strategy, and cutover procedures with rollback protocols.
3. Environment Preparation
We configure your target Cloud environment, setting up user accounts, establishing permission schemes, installing Cloud apps, configuring integrations, and creating the foundational structure to receive your data.
4. Pilot Migration & Testing
We execute a pilot migration with a representative project or department, validating data transfer accuracy, testing workflows and automation, confirming app functionality, and gathering user feedback to refine the approach.
5. Iterative Full Migration
We migrate remaining projects in phases, applying lessons learned from the pilot, conducting validation checkpoints after each phase, and maintaining communication channels for issue reporting and resolution.
6. Validation & Optimization
We perform comprehensive data reconciliation, verify all integrations function correctly, optimize Cloud-specific performance settings, and conduct final user acceptance testing before declaring the migration complete.
7. Training & Handoff
We deliver role-based training highlighting Cloud-specific features and differences, provide documentation for ongoing administration, establish support channels for post-migration questions, and conduct knowledge transfer to your internal administrators.
8. Post-Migration Support
We remain engaged through a stabilization period, monitoring system performance, addressing user issues, optimizing configurations based on real usage patterns, and ensuring your team is confident in the new environment.
The Cloud Imperative
Atlassian will end support for Data Center in March 28, 2029 and is investing exclusively in Cloud. Organizations still on Data Center face security vulnerabilities, and missed opportunities for modern features like Atlassian Intelligence, enhanced mobile experiences, and seamless integrations with cloud-native tools.
Strategic Advantages of Cloud
The right Jira setup doesn’t just improve workflows—it changes how your business operates. Here’s the impact you can expect.
- Automatic updates deliver new features without maintenance windows or upgrade projects.
- Enterprise-grade security with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and compliance certifications managed by Atlassian.
- Unlimited storage eliminates capacity planning and infrastructure scaling concerns.
- Modern APIs enable integrations that weren't possible in Data Center or Server versions.
Business Impacts
The right tools and processes unlock the full potential of your team. These are some of the benefits you can expect.
- Predictable subscription costs replace unpredictable infrastructure and maintenance expenses.
- Eliminate server hardware, database administration, and backup infrastructure costs.
- Reduce IT overhead with Atlassian managing performance, uptime, and disaster recovery.
- Scale up or down based on actual user counts without over-provisioning infrastructure.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How long does a typical Atlassian migration take?
Timelines vary based on data volume, complexity, and customizations. Most Data Center to Cloud migrations complete in 4–8 weeks, with smaller instances finishing in 2–3 weeks and large enterprise migrations taking up to 10–12 weeks.
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Will we lose any data during migration?
No. Our migration methodology prioritizes zero data loss through detailed validation and reconciliation. Every issue, attachment, comment, link, and metadata element is verified before the migration is considered complete.
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What happens to our apps and integrations?
We assess each app to determine Cloud availability and functional parity, migrate app data where supported, and reconfigure integrations using Cloud APIs. When Cloud equivalents don’t exist, we help identify and implement suitable alternatives.
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Can we migrate incrementally or does everything move at once?
We recommend phased migrations that begin with a pilot project and expand team by team. This approach reduces risk, maintains continuity, and allows improvements before full organizational rollout.
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What about our custom workflows and automation?
We translate custom workflows and automation into Cloud native equivalents, often enhancing them by leveraging modern Cloud features and improved automation capabilities.
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Do our users need training after migration?
Yes, though the amount varies. Data Center to Cloud migrations usually require minimal training, while migrations from non Atlassian tools benefit from more structured, role based training. We tailor training to your specific transition.
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Can we test the Cloud environment before cutover?
Absolutely. We perform pilot migrations that create a testable Cloud environment, allowing validation with real users before committing to full cutover.
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What if we need to roll back?
Your source environment remains intact throughout the process. While rollback is rarely needed due to our phased approach and validation, we always plan cutovers with clear rollback procedures in place.
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How do you handle large attachments and storage?
Cloud provides effectively unlimited storage, removing traditional capacity constraints. We migrate all attachments and may recommend cleanup of outdated or duplicate files to improve performance and organization.
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What happens to our user permissions and groups?
We migrate users, groups, and permission schemes while translating them into Cloud’s permission model. This often results in more granular and flexible access control without compromising security.
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Can you migrate from competitive tools like Azure DevOps or Asana?
Yes. We migrate from tools such as Azure DevOps, Asana, Monday.com, and legacy systems. These migrations require additional planning, but we preserve historical data while establishing Jira best practices.
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Do you offer post migration support?
Yes. Every engagement includes a stabilization period for optimization and user support. We also offer ongoing retainers for organizations that want continued assistance after go live.
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What’s the difference between Atlassian’s migration tools and your service?
Atlassian’s tools handle the technical data transfer. Our service adds strategy, planning, risk mitigation, configuration optimization, validation, training, and support to ensure the migration succeeds operationally, not just technically.
Ready to Migrate with Confidence?
Whether you're moving from Data Center to Cloud or a third party tool to Jira, Stalworx ensures your migration preserves data integrity, maintains business continuity, and positions your organization for modern collaboration.