How to Transition to Server Version from Cloud?

[Zod]

My company purchased the Cloud Version prior to my arrival, apparently not understanding that the Cloud version has the fewest features, and is the least sophisticated of all the possible options.

It's basically unusable for anything serious, so I'd like to know how, or even whether it's possible to transition content to the Server version from the Cloud version and make ALL pages into Legacy Editor pages, even if they were originally created with the less functional "New" (and definitely not improved) Editor.

What would be the cost differential, if any, so I can advise my corporate leadership?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

There are a couple of options:

• You can export spaces to XML, which can then be imported into other Confluence systems (Server or Cloud).  May be painful if you have a lot of spaces, but allows import into an existing system
• You can take a backup of a Cloud system and download it, then restore it into an empty Confluence server system (empty because the import of a whole system scrubs the target).  See https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrate-from-confluence-cloud-to-server-298979321.html

However, be aware that Server is going away, and you can not buy new Server licences any more.  I've talked Server above, but you'll actually need to be aiming for Data-Center in terms of licencing and creating new systems.  (DC is the same software as server though, so all the "move data to server" stuff still applies)

[Mayur Jadhav · Accepted solution]

Hi @Zod 

For your kind information Atlassian has stop server.

End of sale for new licenses
As of February 2, 2021 PT, we will no longer sell new licenses for our Server products and will cease new feature development in our Server product line.

No new feature development
As of February 2, 2022 PT, we will only provide security bug fixes for critical vulnerabilities until the end of support.

End of support
As of February 2, 2024 PT, your products will reach the end of support. 

https://www.atlassian.com/migration/journey-to-cloud

Thanks,

Mayur

[Zod]

This answer is correct (and I finally found the page informing users of this buried on the site by accident), but I wouldn't consider it to be an "acceptable" answer, nevertheless.

The primary challenge I'm seeing, is that Atlassian came out with Cloud prior to making it reach feature parity with Server, and now Administrators are faced with massive problem sets of how to transition content into a less-functional application.