Jira Admin Guides

The True Cost Per Jira User: Why Your Budget Shows $9 but Reality Is $35 The True Cost Per Jira User: Why Your Budget Shows $9 but Reality Is $35 A data-driven breakdown with a 10-minute calculation framework for your organization $9.05/user on paper.$46/user in reality. Your Jira Cloud Standard license says $9.05/user/month. Your CFO […]

Your Jira Upgrade Will Break 3 Things. Here’s How to Find Them First Your Jira Upgrade Will Break 3 Things. Here’s How to Find Them First A practical pre-upgrade checklist for Jira Data Center administrators who’ve been burned before (or don’t want to be). Jira DC Upgrade Checklist Jira 11 is here. And with it

Jira Database Audit: SQL Queries That Find What the UI Hides Jira Database Audit: SQL Queries That Find What the UI Hides A 30-minute audit that shows you the other 40% of your Jira instance Database Audit Guide In this article: 17 ready-to-run PostgreSQL queries that audit what Jira’s admin UI doesn’t show you —

Jira License Audit: How to Find Jira Inactive Users Costing You Money Jira License Audit: How to Find Jira Inactive Users Costing You Money A 10-minute audit that could save you thousands on your Atlassian renewal License Audit Guide Last week, a Jira admin discovered 47 inactive users in their instance. Annual cost? $5,000+ for

Jira Data Center Migration: 2026 Planning Guide Jira Data Center Migration: 2026 Planning Guide Three paths, honest comparison, practical timeline — whether you’re migrating to Cloud or staying until 2029 DC Migration Planning The Date Everyone’s Thinking About March 30, 2026 Atlassian stops selling new Data Center licenses. That’s Q1 2026. Planning your Jira Data

JQL Cheat Sheet: Copy-Paste Queries for Jira Admins JQL Cheat Sheet: The Queries You Keep Googling For Jira admins who know JQL but forget the syntax every time JQL Reference Guide This isn’t a JQL tutorial. You already know what JQL is. This is the page you bookmark and come back to when you can’t

The Safe Way to Delete Jira Custom Fields The Safe Way to Delete Jira Custom Fields A decision framework that prevents “oh no, we needed that” You’ve counted your custom fields (Part 1). You’ve identified the unused, duplicated, and abandoned ones (Part 2). Now comes the part that makes every Jira admin nervous: learning how

Is Your Jira Dying from Custom Field Bloat? Is Your Jira Dying from Custom Field Bloat? A diagnostic guide for Jira Data Center administrators Every Jira administrator inherits sins of the past. That dropdown field someone created years ago ‘just for one project.’ The three variations of “Priority” because teams couldn’t agree on options. The