Glossary
What is a Confluence “Page”?
In this documentation, the term page mostly refers to “page-like content”.
Page-like content is:
- page
- blogpost
- whiteboard (Confluence Cloud)
- database (Confluence Cloud)
- smart link (Confluence Cloud)
- folder (Confluence Cloud)
Each of the above will become a page in SharePoint when migrating from Confluence to SharePoint Online.
Note that attachments are explicitly not covered in above list. This is also why the term “content” is (in general) not a good replacement for “page” as it covers attachments as well.
Nevertheless, in some places the term content might be used instead of “page” or “page-like” content. The context should make clear if attachments are excluded or included by that term.
In some places the term item might be used as well.
History note
Historically, with Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center, talking about pages pretty much covered everything, often including blogposts. Saying pages and meaning blogposts seemed ok.
Then came Confluence Cloud. Whiteboards were added. Databases were added. Smart links were added. Folders were added.
Now what? From a migration perspective, they are treated in a similar way in that all of them are migrated to SharePoint and become a SharePoint page.
So, for the time being, when talking about pages the other content types are meant as well. As soon as there emerges a good moniker for “page-like content in the context of a Confluence to SharePoint Online migration” the documentation will likely adopt that.
Term Definitions
| Term | Synonyms | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Tenant (Microsoft 365) | - | Refers mostly to a SharePoint Online instance or sometimes the Entra ID that is associated with it, at least in this documentation. Tenants are often referred to by an ID like “170dd63a-3297-6006-8060-493a8304d6fc”. They can also be referred to by a host name like “contoso.onmicrosoft.com”, but that might not always be supported depending on the client used. |
| Tenant (Atlassian Cloud) | - | For details on Atlassian’s tenant concept refer to Atlassian Cloud architecture and operational practices. Throughout this documentation the tenant will refer to a specific Confluence instance (which is technically incorrect, but corresponds to the use of “tenant” to refer to SharePoint). |
| Site (SharePoint) | Site Collection, Subsite | Usually refers to a site collection in SharePoint. It can also refer to a subsite in SharePoint, but those are not so widely used anymore in SharePoint Online. When working with sites they are usually referred to by their URL like “https://contoso.sharepoint.com/sites/sitename". |
| Site (Confluence) | - | In this documentation, a “site” refers to a Confluence instance. In a broader sense a site can contain multiple other products as well, like Jira. The Confluence site in WikiTraccs is referred by URL to Confluence (like “https://wiki.contoso.com” or “https://contoso.atlassian.net/wiki" ). This might change in the future when WikiTraccs handles more products. |