"We made a business decision to reduce storage limits for OneDrive," said Douglas Pearce, a group program manager for OneDrive, in a post to Microsoft's petition-like UserVoice last week as he, like Teper, apologized for the poor way the changes were communicated.
Teper did not offer an explanation for the backtrack from unlimited for all plans, but a recent Microsoft message to consumers who subscribe to Office 365 Personal or Office 365 Home may provide a clue. Less expensive plans, including the $12.50 per user per month ($150 annually) Business Premium, will have a 1TB cap on OneDrive for Business. Office 365 Enterprise E3 lists at $20 per user per month (or $240 annually), while E5 - which replaces E4, with the latter set to fall off the catalog by June 2016 - runs $35 per user per month ($420 annually). He provided no details on how the extra space would be allocated, but Miller said he expected it would be in discrete allotments, perhaps 5TB at a time. "After this point, customers who want additional storage can request it as needed by contacting Microsoft support," said Teper. After that, companies and organizations that want more will have to ask for it. And then only in stages, with each increase requiring Microsoft's approval.īetween now and March, Microsoft will increase the storage allowance for customers on those plans - as well as the corresponding ones for government customers and education - from the current 1TB to 5TB. All Rights Reserved.Only the most expensive Office 365 plans - Enterprise E3, the to-be-retired Enterprise E4, and the new Enterprise E5 plans - will offer unlimited storage if more than five users are on the plan. The company is directing customers to this FAQ for additional information.Ĭopyright ©2022 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. These changes are needed to ensure that we can continue to deliver a collaborative, connected, and intelligent service," read Microsoft's blog post. "OneDrive has always been designed to be more than basic file storage and backup. Microsoft's own Windows 10, which launched recently, relies heavily on OneDrive storage. Microsoft's 1TB plan is still aggressively priced at $6.99 including Office 365, but the lower-volume plans are no longer competitive. Amazon offers unlimited photo storage for $12 per year, or free with the $100-per-year Prime membership. Google continues to offer 15GB of free storage, and sells 1TB for $10 per month. Apple offers 5GB for free, and has a $1-per-month 50GB plan. make their cloud storage more affordable: Apple reduced its iCloud storage plans early this year while binding the drive to its cloud-based Photos service. The changes come as competitors such as Google Inc., Apple Inc.
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