Description

This page explains:

Migration support details for moving the app content from server to cloud
Differences between the server and cloud version of the app

Migration process

Confluence instance migration - Use the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant app to migrate everything you need from the Confluence server instance to that of cloud. Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant explains the step-by-step procedure to migrate the required content. As mentioned in the previous section, Atlassian does this job for you in most cases.
Jira instance migration - Use the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant app to migrate everything you need from the Jira server instance to that of cloud. Jira Cloud Migration Assistant explains the step-by-step procedure to migrate the required content. As mentioned in the previous section, Atlassian does this job for you in most cases.

Feature support in server/DC and cloud versions of the app

Announcer for Confluence

The following table lists the feature differences between server/DC and cloud versions of the app in Confluence:

Feature	Server	Cloud	Notes

Feature	Server	Cloud
Creation of Announcements
Announcement Types	Full Page Dialog Banner Flag	Full Page Dialog Flag Banner
Notification Icon Configuration Information, Warning, Error, Success, None
Visibility of Announcements	Confluence Spaces	Confluence Spaces
Automatic categorization of Active/Inactive notifications
Status configuration on Announcements (Enable/Disable)
Anonymous user visibility configuration on Announcements
Filtering Capabilities	By Space Category By Space By User Groups	By Space By User Groups
Show Announcement upon every login
Show for new users only
Visibility of the Accept/Acknowledge button through Configuration
Customizing the button (name) text
Scheduling announcements
Content-type support	HTML Markdown Plain Text	HTML Markdown Plain Text
Action supported on Announcements	Preview Reset acknowledgments Edit Delete Acknowledgment Report	Preview Reset acknowledgments Edit Delete Acknowledgment Report
Remind Me Later and related settings (global configuration) Enable/Disable Remind Me Later setting Remind me later text Mute period Explanation text
Delegation Settings (global configuration)
Analytics collection setting (global configuration) - ‘Help Us Improve the Product’
Height setting for Dialog announcement: (global configuration)
Bypass full page announcement setting (global configuration)
HTML Settings (global configuration)
Statuspage.io integration
Reflecting incidents from the associated statuspage.io

Announcer for Jira

The following table lists the feature differences between server and cloud versions of the app in Jira:

Feature	Server	Cloud	Notes

Feature	Server	Cloud
Creation of Announcements
Announcement Types	Full Page Dialog Banner Flag	Full Page Dialog Flag Banner
Notification Icon Configuration Information, Warning, Error, Success, None
Visibility of Announcements	Jira Projects	Visible on Issue View screens Visible on the ‘Announcer for Jira’ dashboard gadget
Automatic categorization of Active/Inactive notifications
Status configuration on Announcements (Enable/Disable)
Anonymous user visibility configuration on Announcements
Filtering Capabilities	Project Category Project Project Role User Groups	Project Category Project Project Role User Groups
Show Announcement upon every login
Show for new users only
Visibility of the Accept/Acknowledge button
Customizing the button (name) text
Scheduling announcements
Content-type support	HTML Markdown Plain Text	HTML Markdown Plain Text
Action supported on Announcements	Preview Reset acknowledgments Edit Delete Acknowledgment Report	Preview Reset acknowledgments Edit Delete Acknowledgment Report
Remind Me Later and related settings (global configuration) Enable/Disable Remind Me Later setting Remind me later text Mute period Explanation text
Delegation Settings (global configuration)
Analytics collection setting (global configuration) - ‘Help Us Improve the Product’
Height setting for Dialog announcement: (global configuration)
Bypass full page announcement setting (global configuration)
HTML Settings (global configuration)
Statuspage.io integration
Reflecting incidents from the associated statuspage.io
Announcements visibility on the dashboard with Announcer for Jira (cloud) gadget

Problem reporting

If you experience any problems or behavior changes that are unexpected, please refer to the list of known issues and open a ticket with us from here.

Announcer Series

Migration from server/DC to cloud