Community FiveByFive Round-up: September 2025

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Hello Everyone!

It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started!

Announcements & Highlights:

As always, there are a TON of amazing things happening and here is just a small sample of all the great things you don’t want to miss out on!

• First up, Atlassian’s letting everyone know that the help links on the team profile page are being phased out by the end of September, all part of making things simpler for teams.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Deprecation-notice-Help-links-component-in-team-profile-page/ba-p/3100790

• Next, the latest Community update brings back Peer Recognition in the Unified Profile, so it’s now easier to give kudos and celebrate each other’s wins.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Community-Announcements-articles/Community-release-notes-for-September-2-2025/ba-p/3101389

• In case you missed it, Atlassian is teaming up with The Browser Company of New York (the folks behind Dia and Arc) to build a new AI-powered browser just for knowledge work.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Community-Announcements-articles/Atlassian-welcomes-the-Browser-Company-of-New-York-to-build-an/ba-p/3102230

• There’s a new badge up for grabs—just watch the Playbook Live: Get ahead with AI webinar and share your favorite AI tip to earn it!
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Community-Kudos-Feedback/New-Badge-Alert-Earn-the-Playbook-Live-Get-ahead-with-AI-badge/ba-p/3114258

• Finally, you knew there was no way I couldn’t include this, Atlassian is taking a moment to thank everyone who’s been part of the Data Center journey as they shift their focus more toward the cloud.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Data-Center-articles/Thank-you-Data-Center/ba-p/3105852

Member Article Highlights:

As always, there are a TON of amazing articles written by many of your fellow community members. This is just a small sample of all the great content you don’t want to miss out on!

• Did you know that bringing emotional intelligence into Agile practices can really boost teamwork and help everyone adapt better? I didn’t!  @Julie Kremp has done a wonderful job of reminding us that it's all about focusing on the people, not just the process.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Agile-articles/Aligning-Agile-Principles-with-Emotional-Intelligence/ba-p/3100466

• Ever thought about using a Rovo agent to make your Agile retrospectives smarter?  @Sanam Malleswari shows us how we can get more out of our retros by letting a Rovo agent surface helpful insights and data.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Rovo-articles/Building-a-Rovo-Agent-to-Supercharge-Agile-Retrospectives/ba-p/3100759

• Need a cheat sheet on good vs bad strategy?  @Vlad Zhigulin gives us a quick breakdown of what makes a strategy actually good (versus just sounding good), using Richard Rumelt’s ideas—think clear diagnosis, a guiding policy, and actions that make sense together.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Agile-articles/Good-Strategy-vs-Bad-Strategy/ba-p/3113968

• If you’re curious about Team ’25 Europe, @Tomislav Tobijas has put together a wonderful write-up that shares some personal highlights and top picks from the agenda, plus a bit of the excitement around the event being sold out.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Pole-Position-for-Team-25-Europe-My-Agenda-amp-Top-Picks/ba-p/3114905

• Confluence Cloud just rolled out Live Docs, @Rajat Pratap Singh show how you and your team can work on documents together in real time—perfect for brainstorming or planning without the back-and-forth.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/New-to-Confluence-articles/Live-Docs-in-Confluence-Cloud-Collaborate-in-Real-Time/ba-p/3114893

New Features & Product Updates:

Want to keep up to date on all the cool things Atlassian has announced about their products? Be sure to read through these, then go check out all the others for your favorite product!

• First up, Rovo’s AI features are now rolling out to Standard customers in Jira, Confluence, and Jira Service Management, so even more teams can start taking advantage of these smart tools.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-AI-Rovo-articles/Rovo-is-now-rolling-out-for-Standard-customers/ba-p/3101261

• Next, there’s a new permission in Jira Cloud for managing versions and releases, which should make it easier for teams to control who can do what when it comes to release management. Personally, I’m VERY excited for this one!
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/Announcing-new-permission-for-Version-management-Releases-in/ba-p/3102212

• You can now use AI to create Jira work items straight from Confluence pages and Loom videos, making it way simpler to capture and plan work right from your docs or recordings.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlassian-AI-Rovo-articles/AI-Work-Item-Creation-in-the-Jira-Backlog-from-Confluence-amp/ba-p/3102050

• Threaded comments have landed in Jira Product Discovery, so it’s much easier to keep your discussions organized and follow conversations without getting lost.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Product-Discovery-articles/Organize-your-discussions-with-Threaded-Comments/ba-p/3103534

• Finally, starting March 16, 2026, Bitbucket workspaces will need to be linked to an Atlassian organization if you want to keep using Forge apps, so it’s a good idea to check your settings soon.
  https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Bitbucket-articles/Important-update-Bitbucket-Workspaces-need-to-be-linked-to-an/ba-p/3113190

Upcoming Atlassian Events:

As much as there are always things happening within the Online Community, it’s also one of the first places that Atlassian will share announcements about upcoming events you should be aware of.

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Join-us-for-Connect-High-Velocity/ba-p/3102172

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Registration-Open-for-Atlassian-Connect-Cloud-Bound/ba-p/3111967

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Calling-all-Developers-join-Developer-Training-at-Team-25-Europe/ba-p/3112914

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Your-Complete-Guide-to-Team-25-Europe-Teamwork-Collection/ba-p/3102180

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Official-Atlassian-Events/Atlassian-Team-on-Tour-is-heading-back-to-Bengaluru/ba-p/3114633

Automation Corner:

Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation!

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Automation-articles/Automation-concepts-Workarounds-for-Nested-Branching/ba-p/3100503

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-articles/JEC-Jira-Edge-Connector-would-help-bridge-gap-for-many-when/ba-p/3101365

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Confluence-Cloud-Admins-articles/Loom-Automation-Components-are-here/ba-p/3101454

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Atlas-Group-articles/Tell-us-what-Goals-amp-Projects-automations-you-d-like-to-see-%EF%B8%8F/ba-p/3103176

• https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-Service-Management-articles/Dynamic-Values-an-example-of-combining-values-from-different/ba-p/3103984

It’s hard to believe another month has already come and gone. Please be sure to stay healthy, stay safe and I’ll see you back here next month.

Take care!

[Andy Gladstone]

So. Much. Content. 

Thanks @Jimmy Seddon!