Simulate Your Jira Cloud License Size Before Migration (Using Real Data Center User Activity Data)

Migrating from Jira Data Center to Jira Cloud? Don’t guess your future license tier. In Cloud, every active user costs money — and many teams only discover they’re overpaying when the first Cloud invoice arrives. In this video, Marvin (Technical Support Engineer & DevOps at re:solution) shows how to simulate your future Jira Cloud license size before you migrate, using real user activity data from your Data Center instance. Instead of “we’ll clean it up later,” you’ll learn how to estimate Cloud costs with measurable, defensible numbers that management (and finance) actually trust. What you’ll learn • Why Jira Cloud licensing hits harder than Data Center when users aren’t cleaned up • How to identify inactive users based on “time since last activity” • How to bulk deactivate users safely (nothing deleted, reversible) • How to compare scenarios (e.g., 19 days vs 118 days inactivity) to find your realistic Cloud user count • How to turn this into a real Cloud cost estimate and avoid post-migration surprises Download User Manager & License Optimizer: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211109 Documentation: https://wiki.resolution.de/doc/atlassian-user-management Need help setting this up? Contact re:solution: https://www.resolution.de/support Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:50 The migration question: how many Cloud users will you really need? 01:10 Why Cloud licensing punishes inactive users 02:10 The simulation approach (no Cloud site needed) 02:49 Filtering by last activity 03:30 Bulk deactivation + immediate license count updates 04:05 Scenario examples (different inactivity thresholds) 05:05 Key takeaways + next steps #Jira #JiraCloud #Atlassian #JiraMigration #DataCenterToCloud #CloudMigration #LicenseManagement #ITManagement #FinOps #AtlassianAdmin