--- title: "Discussion migration Guide" canonical: "https://support.covectors.io/space/SAMM/450265096/Discussion%20migration%20Guide" format: markdown --- This version includes the first support of the server/DC to cloud migration. It uses the cloud migration assistant released by Atlassian. # Before start - We recommend reading [this Atlassian article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/plan-your-cloud-migration-972349846.html) to plan your migration. - Please check that you have Discussion the latest version **"2.4 for server and 1.0 for cloud"** installed in both your instances (having previous versions in any of them won't trigger the discussion migration; it will just migrate confluence space without discussion data). - Make sure  discussion is in the list of the "Needed in cloud" apps in the migration assistant. - Make sure that confluence users have valid mail addresses that are the same in their cloud counterparts # Migration process - Make sure that the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA) is updated to its latest version before proceeding with the migration process. - Use the [Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219672/confluence-cloud-migration-assistant?_ga=2.79281814.385750282.1572431071-748161253.1533556773&_gac=1.40698390.1571216476.EAIaIQobChMIsKTIr7Wg5QIVjA4rCh3XxAOtEAAYASAAEgKDgPD_BwE) app to migrate everything you need from Confluence server to cloud. [Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/cloud-migration-assistant-for-confluence-973486571.html) explains in detail the step-by-step procedure to migrate the required content. - Select the spaces and the users that you want to migrate - With every migrated space the related discussion will be migrated with its Discussions, categories, contributors... - Each migration has 2 major steps                 1 - Migrate Confluence data (Spaces, pages, users)                 2 - Migrate discussion data (categories, discussions...) That's it ! A new space discussion will be migrated. | | Server | Cloud | | --- | --- | --- | | Discussion page | ![image](media://71c19274-43f9-4268-94c3-ef55fc36fd33) | ![image](media://10c2ee89-b200-47cb-9721-2458816c7f3e) | | Discussion Forum | ![image](media://f6a38988-9897-4738-ad25-6bb7d2fe8689) | ![image](media://ee974167-3479-4110-b63e-3f47047feb6a) | | Category page | ![image](media://9c057bab-10cb-49ae-9bf3-a9ebebc18b4c) | ![image](media://9ac8de7e-497b-4e72-a23d-bb3513dcd377) | | uncategorized page | ![image](media://fc3100a8-1304-4655-a0f5-c1d3c145700e) | ![image](media://70f17943-b6bd-4370-98d0-30bd2ee756ba) | | Discussion configuration | ![image](media://1719ae0e-6ad1-4bfe-aeaf-e0d52a60dd79) | ![image](media://66be08bd-211f-4d66-9f77-334a083a2b10) | # After migration - The migration process ends once the migration assistant reaches 100% in the migration dashboard. # Differences between server and cloud versions | Feature/Macro | Server | Cloud | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Discussion Macro's | | Discussion information | ![image](media://1ed8c148-8252-4f0e-889c-efce7b21a12b) | ![image](media://7b2e028f-6360-4774-ab7a-3759f3d84a7c)
![image](media://65ec9967-1251-494f-86b5-be06f334a22e) | - In the server/DC, discussion must be resolved from the comments section. | | Discussion contributors | ![image](media://f68342bf-d473-4320-84c3-00aa88aca747) | ![image](media://c4e03f13-99ff-4612-96c6-53a8f7881b11) | - Number is comments marked as solutions is also displayed in the server. | | Discussion Resolver | ![image](media://1f223525-1ef2-4126-b496-1426c999cf03) | ![image](media://c2f594ad-b5d2-4dca-a4d0-d739a658ed13) | - Comments marked as solutions is read-only in the cloud version and display in the macro Resolver because this feature is not yet available in the cloud version. | | Discussion Forum Macro's | | Discussion timeline | ![image](media://0e026c65-fb26-4c17-8678-d643545994e7) | ![image](media://7537a1ed-cd09-4ce7-bf3f-d6f2b9410722) | | | Discussion List | ![image](media://e6009855-ff15-4e81-9d0b-1f02fb644f80) | ![image](media://2774affb-8fad-4093-ad46-0c9f0c72c960) | | | Discussion summary | ![image](media://f9e9bcbe-3edf-4975-bdd5-bd5632adb4fa) | ![image](media://7b50d84e-03f6-4064-9f9e-a3690b1da257) | - :cross_mark: Add discussion button does not exist in cloud , in some cases the button is broken. | | Discussion Contributors | ![image](media://f68342bf-d473-4320-84c3-00aa88aca747) | ![image](media://9a2a583d-27cd-48b0-aa0c-1b3b1e11e5a2) | | | Category page | | Category timeline | ![image](media://9c057bab-10cb-49ae-9bf3-a9ebebc18b4c) | ![image](media://9ac8de7e-497b-4e72-a23d-bb3513dcd377) | | | Uncategorized page | | Uncategorized timeline | ![image](media://fc3100a8-1304-4655-a0f5-c1d3c145700e) | ![image](media://70f17943-b6bd-4370-98d0-30bd2ee756ba) | | | Uncategorized List | ![image](media://a5230ad2-1c8d-460d-a961-1a2cdc10a45e) | ![image](media://f8c43c45-4167-4ea0-8697-2b366ffbbbea) | | :warning: **Please make sure that discussion creators are valid in the cloud instance and do have valid permissions (Edit/View), lack of permissions can result in missing content during migration.** # Known issues - Missing users or groups during migrations - Permissions issue - Continuous migration loops [related JIRA issue](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/MIG-187?focusedCommentId=2765865&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-2765865) # We are here to help If you experience any problems or behavior changes that are unexpected, please do not hesitate to open a support issue