Your journey from Jira Data Center to Windshift
Install Windshift, test one familiar project with your team, then move on your schedule.
Start small. Prove the fit with real work before you move the wider organization.
Windshift reads from Jira without changing the source. Import a representative project and inspect the result before rollout.
One path, four steps
Start small. Prove the fit with real work before you move the wider organization.
- Jira Data Center: Your current system
- Install: Run Windshift
- Pilot: Test with one team
- Migrate: Cut over
- Adopt: Expand with care
- Windshift: Adopted practice
Test the move with real data
Windshift reads from Jira without changing the source. Import a representative project and inspect the result before rollout.
Choose the Jira projects that best represent how your teams work.
- Issues, comments, attachments, and worklogs
- Boards, sprints, custom fields, and values
- Jira Assets schemas, types, and fields
A familiar fit for Jira teams
The platform changes. The core planning model does not.
- Familiar work structure: Projects, work items, workflows, boards, backlogs, sprints, and releases remain recognizable.
- Context moves with the work: History, attachments, fields, planning data, and Assets stay connected during import.
- More control after the move: Your organization controls hosting, upgrades, extensions, and data location.
Plan the human side
Clear ownership and expectations matter as much as the import.
- Name a sponsor and change owner: Give one person responsibility for decisions, gaps, and rollout communication.
- Prepare people for the new interface: Show teams where familiar Jira concepts live and where to raise friction.
- Define adoption criteria: Agree what a successful pilot means, then expand only when those checks pass.