confluence state of the union - atlassian summit 2010

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Sherif Mansour, Product ManagerBill Arconati, Product Marketing ManagerAtlassian

State of the Union - Confluence

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A year already?

New FeaturesNew Plugins

Starter Licenses

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Agenda

• What is Confluence?• Where are we today?• What have we been up to?• Where are we going?

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What is Confluence?

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DocumentationLaunch plans

• Project Status

Brainstorming Feedback

Specifications

Requirements

Launch

Build

Plan

Concept

Track&

Discuss

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Confluence is for technical teams...

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But is useful for much more...

•Intranets • Knowledge• Management

•Document Collaboration

• Wiki for • SharePoint

•Team Spaces • Reduce Email

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Where we are today

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The Confluence family is growing!

• 25,0009,1001,600

14,400

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And so is the plugin ecosystem

• 260

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More plugins than ever

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And frequent releases

• Confluence 3.1 (Dec 2009)

• Confluence 3.2 (Mar 2010)

• Confluence 3.3 (Jun 2010)In BETA now!

November

December

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

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That solve your problems

• 310 issues resolved

500 votes satisfied

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What weʼve been up to

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General improvements

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• Confluence 3.1• Office 2007 Support • Draft page comparisons • Page restrictions dialog

• Confluence 3.2• Bundled Page Templates• Images in search results • Move and Re-order pages

Lots of improvements

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And more in 3.3• Confluence 3.3

• New blog layout• Notifications for Blogs and Networks• New security features• Manage page watchers• ...and much more

• In BETA Now!

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SharePoint Connector 1.2• SharePoint 2010 Support

• NTLMv2 and Kerberos

• Connect multiple AD domains

Available Today!

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JIRA integration

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Embed OpenSocial Gadgets

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Confluence gadgets everywhere

ConfluenceActivity Stream

ConfluenceQuick Navigation

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Put a wiki inside JIRA

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Editing experience

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Editor HAS to be

Fast Simple Rich

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Autocomplete for links

Fast

Simple

Rich

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Autocomplete for attachments

Fast

Simple

Rich

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Autocomplete for macros

Fast

Simple

Rich

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Macro browser smart fields

Fast

Rich

Simple

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Keyboard shortcuts

Fast

Simple

Rich

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Link Browser

Rich

Fast

Simple

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Property panel for links

Rich

Fast

Simple

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Drag and drop attachments

Rich

Fast

Simple

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Image Browser

Rich

Fast

Simple

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Property panel for images

Rich

Fast

Simple

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Rich Themes...like Documentation

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...and Easy Reader

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Editor HAS to be

Fast Simple Rich

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Editor evolution

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

macro browser

drag & drop autocompleteinsert menu

right-clickimage browser

link browserkeyboard shortcuts

auto macrosproperty panels

Past

Present

Future

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Editor core

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New editor core• New architecture

• XHTML back-end • Improved stability• Basis for high-demand features• Includes all existing features PLUS:

• Intuitive interface • New editing toolbar• Full-screen editing • Macro placeholders• .... so what does it look like?

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Editor demo

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This gets you...

Fast Simple Rich

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And for Administrators...• Improved LDAP Support

• Admin Web UI • Nested groups• Performance and caching improvements

• New Plugin Manager• Universal Plugin Manager

• Cross-product linking• Unified AppLinks• Shared gadget directories

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Help shape the future!

1. Sign up for the peep show (today)

2. Try the Confluence 3.3 beta

3. Sign up for the User Task Forcebit.ly/task4rce

4. Keep providing feedback!

ATLASSIAN USER TASK FORCE

usertaskforce@atlassian.com

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Thank you

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