Is there a difference in the End User interface & UX between JIRA Server and Data Center?

[StephanieC]

We are migrating from JIRA Server to Data Center in Q4 2023 and want to understand End User differences so we can plan for UA testing in our DEV instance. 

We dont want to apply the trial license until we refresh DEV with a copy of PROD, but people are asking if Data Center "looks" or "behaves" differently than Server (as it would with Cloud). 

I cant find screenshot comparisons anywhere on the 'interwebs'... 

Im hoping the main testing will just serve the purpose of making users comfortable with the switch, as we all know EUs can get nit-picky, so we want to be prepared with some known differences. 

Most of the documentation Im finding has to do with Admin side differences, and we (Admins) are all super-psyched about the DC Admin features (like clean-up :-)) 

Has anyone moved from Server to DC and can share their experience and/or End User Feedback? 

[Florian Bonniec · Accepted solution]

Hi @StephanieC 

JIRA Server and Data Center looks the same, it's more a license difference.

That do not means you will not have difference between your current version of JIRA and the Data center one but you will not have more difference than upgrading from one JIRA Server version to another.

I know that there is UI difference between any JIRA 8 and JIRA 9. You can review each release note between your version and the target one to list changes.

Regards 

[StephanieC]

Thanks @Florian Bonniec ! That is how I was describing it to EU - not much different than a UI/UX upgrade on a major version. Id love to see screenshots just to put minds at ease :-P

[Mikael Sandberg · Accepted solution]

From an end user perspective there is no difference between Server and Data Center, it is based on the same code base. The main difference is on the admin side which adds additional features for DC like being able to take a node offline.

[StephanieC]

Thanks @Mikael Sandberg ! Im hoping our test effort can be reduced based on these replies :-)