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Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By : Eren Kalelioğlu
Book Image

Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By: Eren Kalelioğlu

Overview of this book

Implementing Atlassian Confluence is an all-encompassing guide to the essential concepts of distributed work and leveraging Confluence to create a world-class collaboration environment. This book begins with an introduction to enterprise collaboration concepts and explains how to set up Confluence. You’ll quickly proceed to creating and maintaining dynamic content, effective cross-functional collaboration, and employing Confluence applications in scenarios such as software project management and knowledge bases. You’ll discover how to use Jira Service Management together with Confluence, set up personal spaces, implement centralized user management, address security risks, and explore suggested solutions on Confluence. Furthermore, you’ll integrate and extend Confluence with other Atlassian and third-party software. The book also contains tips and guidance on managing Confluence adoption, enabling you to focus on your team and provide them with a state-of-the-art remote collaboration environment. Complete with practical business scenarios, best practices, and examples, this book will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of Atlassian Confluence’s capabilities for enhancing collaboration within cross-functional teams.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1:Preparing for Confluence
7
Part 2:Building a Real Confluence Site
13
Part 3:Scaling Business

The advantages of the Confluence Cloud edition over the Server and Data Center editions

By using Confluence’s Cloud edition, you're delegating numerous routine operations related to information security to Atlassian, which becomes one of the biggest advantages of cloud-based services. In this section, we will briefly summarize the advantages of using Confluence in a cloud-based manner:

  • Updates and patching: Security updates and patches are applied automatically in the Cloud edition, providing rapid protection against security vulnerabilities and eliminating manual patching
  • Compliance with regulations: Confluence Cloud often ensures compliance with specific legal and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR), reducing the need for organizations to manage these requirements independently
  • Network security: Atlassian manages network security against threats such as DDoS attacks, helping with the in-house security burden
  • Data encryption: Confluence Cloud ensures...