Microsoft reduces cloud storage limit for Microsoft 365 for Education customers

Along with the announcement about retiring Workplace 365 A1 Plus free plan for training clients, Microsoft in the present day introduced that it’s decreasing the cloud storage restrict for Microsoft 365 for Schooling clients.

All training clients with Microsoft 365 or Workplace 365 will obtain 100TB of free pooled storage throughout OneDrive, SharePoint, and Trade, with an extra 50GB or 100GB of pooled storage per paid consumer for A3 and A5 subscriptions, respectively. This alteration will go dwell when clients renew their contract, however no earlier than August 1, 2024. clients should buy extra incremental storage if required.

Additionally, Workplace 365 A1 (no-cost subscription) plan clients can be restricted to a most of 100GB of OneDrive storage per consumer inside the faculty tenant’s 100TB of pooled storage. This alteration can be efficient February 1, 2024.

Microsoft famous that most colleges (99.96%) are nicely under their storage allotment. Nonetheless, any mid-enrolment buyer over that storage restrict on August 1, 2024, Microsoft will provide extra storage for gratis by way of the client’s present time period.

So as to assist clients with this modification, Microsoft is releasing a set of free instruments. Utilizing these instruments, clients can visualize present storage allocation and utilization throughout OneDrive, SharePoint and Trade, and simply handle saved knowledge and end-of-life recordsdata which might be not wanted.

Why is Microsoft making these adjustments to Microsoft 365 storage?

Present storage plans usually are not sustainable from a value perspective.
Saved recordsdata not in use have an effect on carbon footprint with over half of all knowledge saved by organizations not serving a helpful function.
Places training establishments and their college students in danger for an information breach.

IT Admins can undergo this doc to study extra about these storage adjustments.