The document provides an overview and roadmap for improvements to Confluence. It discusses: - Recent releases of Confluence that introduced new features over the past 12 months. - Key new features in Confluence 4.0 like intuitive editing, rich content capabilities, and compelling layouts. - Additional features planned for Confluence 4.3 like drag and drop capabilities and improvements to tables. - Ways Confluence is improving discovery of content through features like notifications, comments, and recommendations. - How Confluence allows users to create, track, and act on work directly within the platform. - The road ahead, including powering the Atlassian marketplace and enterprise improvements.

1. State of the Union
Bill Arconati
Group Product Manager, Atlassian

2. 7,000
NEW customers

6. • Schedule your team
• Track JIRA projects
• Plan events

7. June September December March June

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4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3

12. Everyone has a voice

13. Everyone has a voice
Information flows freely

14. Everyone has a voice
Information flows freely
Work gets done

17. Confluence 4.0
Simple Intuitive editing experience
Simple Rich Simple tables
Rich Visual placeholders

18. Confluence 4.0
Autoformat
Fast h1.
*bold* Headings, paragraph formatting
:) Lists
Emoticons
Tables
Keyboard shortcuts
Fast

19. For power users

20. For power users
• Autoconvert typed links
[this page|more information]
this page

21. For power users
• Autoconvert typed links
• Find/replace

22. For power users
• Autoconvert typed links
• Find/replace
• Copy/Paste table rows
and lists

23. For power users
• Autoconvert typed links
• Find/replace
• Copy/Paste table rows
and lists
• Source editor plugin

24. Rich content, fast

25. Rich content, fast
• Image effects

26. Rich content, fast
• Image effects
• Autoconvert links

27. Rich content, fast
• Image effects
• Autoconvert links
• Confluence Pages

28. Rich content, fast
• Image effects
• Autoconvert links
• Confluence Pages
• External Links

29. Rich content, fast
• Image effects
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• Autoconvert links
• Confluence Pages
• External Links
• Autoconvert macro
parameters

30. Compelling layouts

31. Compelling layouts
• Page layouts

32. Compelling layouts
• Page layouts
• Drag and drop images (4.3)

33. Compelling layouts
• Page layouts
• Drag and drop images (4.3)
• Drag and drop macros (4.3)

34. Intuitive tables

35. comi
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Intuitive tables in
4.3

36. comi
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Intuitive tables in
4.3
• Highlight table cells

37. comi
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Intuitive tables in
4.3
• Highlight table cells
• Sortable tables

38. comi
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Intuitive tables in
4.3
• Highlight table cells
• Sortable tables
• Hover highlight

41. Rich content, fast

42. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros

43. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros
• Pimp your images

44. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros
• Pimp your images
• Autoconvert pasted links

45. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros
• Pimp your images
• Autoconvert pasted links
• Confluence Pages

46. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros
• Pimp your images
• Autoconvert pasted links
• Confluence Pages
• External Links

47. Rich content, fast
• Faster insertion of macros
• Pimp your images
• Autoconvert pasted links
• Confluence Pages
• External Links
• Highlight Table Cells (4.3)

50. Compelling Layouts
• Page layouts
• Drag and drop images (4.3)
• Drag and drop macros (4.3)
• Sortable tables (4.3)

51. comi
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More in Confluence 4.3 in
4.3

52. comi
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More in Confluence 4.3 in
4.3
• Instant Editor

53. comi
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More in Confluence 4.3 in
4.3
• Instant Editor
• WYSIWYG Templates

54. comi
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More in Confluence 4.3 in
4.3
• Instant Editor
• WYSIWYG Templates
• More to come!

57. A History of Discovery

58. A History of Discovery

59. A History of Discovery
3.5
Share pages
Autowatch

60. A History of Discovery
3.5 4.0
Share pages @mentions
Autowatch email redesign

61. Improving Confluence Discovery

62. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery

63. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery Quick Comments

64. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery Quick Comments

65. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery Quick Comments Like Button

66. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery Quick Comments Like Button Popular Content

67. Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery
+
Quick Comments
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Like Button
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Popular Content

68. Recommended in Confluence
Improving Confluence Discovery
‘Share’ discovery
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Quick Comments
Weekly
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Summary
Like Button
+
Popular Content

69. Recommended in Confluence
Improving Confluence Discovery
Recommend ed in Confluence
‘Share’ discovery
+
Quick Comments
Weekly
+ =
Summary
Like Button
+
Popular Content

73. How Atlassian Makes
Its Wiki Sticky
John Rotenstein, Friday 11:20am

75. Sherif Mansour
Product Manager, Atlassian

82. Notifications
Reach decisions quicker, reduce the feedback loop

83. Notifications
Reach decisions quicker, reduce the feedback loop
Tasks
Get all your work done in Confluence

84. Notifications
Reach decisions quicker, get work done faster

87. People with email switched windows an
average of 37 times per hour. Those
without changed screens half as often.
Gloria Mark
UCI Informatics Professor
http://atlss.in/ContextSwitching

89. Notifications
Important notifications, in one place
Quick access, find the signal from the noise
Reach decisions quicker
Quick, in-line actions to watch, comment or like.
Collaborate with other teams
With JIRA integration, and more to come!

90. Faster collaboration cycles
Reach decisions quicker, reduce the feedback loop
Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence

91. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence

92. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence

93. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence

94. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence
Personal todos

95. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence
Personal todos
Can you
please... Work from others

96. Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence
Personal todos
Can you
please... Work from others
Work with others

99. Create, track and act on work
Track your work
Personal todos, notifications to followup, assigned tasks
Prioritise tasks
Order your tasks and stay focused on the task at hand
Create and assign project tasks
Get everyone on the same page by creating tasks in pages

100. Anywhere can be productive

104. Anywhere can be productive
Collaborate on the go
Confluence and JIRA notifications on mobile
Quick todos
Jot them down, no matter where you are
Look smart in status meetings
Your daily stand-ups or regular status meetings

105. Anywhere can be productive
Collaborate on the go
Confluence and JIRA notifications on mobile
Going M obile
ence m
onflu 1:50p
Quick todos with C , Friday
John Masson
Jot them down, no matter where you are
Look smart in status meetings
Your daily stand-ups or regular status meetings

106. Faster collaboration cycles
Reach decisions quicker, reduce the feedback loop
Create, track and act on work
Get all your work done in Confluence

110. 430

117. Road Ahead
Create, discover and act
Powering the Atlassian Marketplace
Enterprise Improvements

118. ...don’t forget
Confluence 4.3 Early Access Preview
http://atlss.in/conf43
Related Talks
“How Atlassian Makes Its Wiki Sticky” Fri, 11:20
“Going Mobile with Confluence Mobile” Fri, 1:50
“Planning your team with Team Calendars” Fri, 3:10

119. ...don’t forget
Confluence 4.3 Early Access Preview
http://atlss.in/conf43
Related Talks
“How Atlassian Makes Its Wiki Sticky” Fri, 11:20
“Going Mobile with Confluence Mobile” Fri, 1:50
“Planning your team with Team Calendars” Fri, 3:10

120. Thank you!