Data Centre is progressing toward end of maintenance. Atlassian is delivering improvements to make DC leaner and easier to run, adding intelligence to reveal instance and customization details before migration, and investing in tools that ease migration and enable customers to thrive on cloud with AI and automation.

In this session, Patrick Buech, Head of Product for Data Center, outlines DC’s current state, investment priorities, and upcoming changes. Hear how the next LTS reduces operational complexity, how new tools surface migration-critical insights (app dependencies, customization alternatives), and how post-migration features let customers replace legacy workflows with cloud-native automation, Forge apps, and AI unavailable on-premise.

Patrick is joined by Mercedes-Benz — one of the world’s largest automotive engineering organizations — for a candid fireside chat. Learn how they prepared for migration, drove Atlassian adoption across 50,000 engineers (replacing Excel-based tracking), and are building production Forge apps and AI-powered workflows in cloud that DC couldn’t provide.

Key takeaways:

• How Atlassian is making DC leaner now and how new tooling helps assess customizations for lower-risk migration
• What happens after migration: cloud-native features, Forge, and AI that transform the platform
• Mercedes-Benz’s lessons on driving adoption across 50,000 engineers and unlocking automation and AI in cloud