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Happy Monday, everyone!
It's first December Monday and we've got plenty of Atlassian news for you! ?? Last week was full of updates: New Confluence version for DC and Server, upgrades to Jira Work Management, new Confluence feedback opportunities, and more... We're also introducing a new section: Atlassian Partner and Developer News to inform you about new app launches, updates, and announcements from the partner network!
Oh, and the ITSM event is happening this week - make sure you?grab your ticket?if you haven't done it already! We hope to meet you there!
So get comfy and pour yourself a steamy cup of cinnamon coffee ????
And watch this week's episode ?? or read the newsletter ??
?? New improvements to the Atlassian products
Confluence 8.0 (Server and Data Center) released
Confluence 8.0 for Server and Data Center is now available. In the new version, you can find many security updates like upgrades of third-party dependencies, and upgrade to Java 17. But you can also find new features like import/export space content, Copy space, and improved search.?
Announcing changes to Microsoft Word import in Confluence
On January 7th, 2023 the old Microsoft Word import in Confluence will be deprecated in favor of a new import experience. If you're still using the old Microsoft Word import workflow have a look at the new one that's already available.
Explore November’s updates in Jira Work Management
You can now find unscheduled tasks in the side panel when looking at your calendar view and easily drag and drop them on the calendar. If you're using a list view you will notice a new option to expand the whole hierarchy to see all tasks at once. And soon you'll be able to group your board by Assignee, Priority, and Category.
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?? Important announcements
Feedback wanted: Do you use Confluence pages natively within other products?
The Atlassian team is looking for research participants to help shape their product roadmap for Confluence pages. If you're using Confluence pages in Jira projects or Microsoft team and would like to contribute with your feedback have a look at this post.
A new way to stay up to date with the Developer Changelog
We now have a centralized change log for developers where we can stay up-to-date with changes to various products. Additionally, this new consolidated landing page comes with an RSS feed for you to be notified in your own slack channels.
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?? Events
Find this week's events on ???Events roundup
This week is ultra-packed with events across the ecosystem. Join Atlassian-organized:
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If you're planning to attend the ITSM event in London, meet Jexo co-founders Biro Florin and Nikki Závadská in person on Thursday.
As for partner-organized events, there are quite a lot this week. Check these out:
Apart from that, there's also a wealth of Community events this week. Navigate to?Goosly Atlassian Events page?to see all events, links and details.
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?? Article of the week
There is a high impact of your gratitude on the team that you might not even know about - it increases empathy, sharpens decision-making, makes us more social, and feel good about ourselves. Check this article for tips on how to show gratitude to your team.
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?? Partner & Developer News
We're introducing a new section on Monday Coffee: Atlassian Partner and Developer News.
We'll look at partner announcements, events, major app upgrades, and new app launches. So if you want to be featured in our stream, there's a?link?for you to submit your updates.
Adaptavist acquires venITure
We start with an exciting acquisition, Adaptavist acquires veniture software consulting. With this partnership, Adaptavist expands into Germany and Europe and is becoming the biggest Solution Partner in the ecosystem. Congrats to both companies for the massive win and an exciting partnership ahead. ??
8th META-INF Atlassian Day
Last week, the META-INF | Atlassian Double Platinum Partner team behind the popular Atlassian Day announced the sponsorship packages for the 2023 event. So if you're an Atlassian partner looking for ways to get more exposure or share your knowledge, do submit the sponsorship request form.
Jira Workflow Toolbox - execute remote action
Our friends at Decadis AG announced an important upgrade to their flagship app Jira Workflow Toolbox! The ability to execute remote functions enabling users to run automation beyond Jira and grow automation workflows to Confluence, Trello or event tools outside Atlassian ecosystem. Pretty neat!
In the new apps category, bitvoodoo apps just launched an interesting app to help users in Jira cloud increase security and compliance around storing data in custom fields. It helps with a better level of access management to individual fields and also allows storing data in specific countries.?
Have a nice and productive week! See you next Monday!
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