Last October Microsoft upgraded OneDrive storage to unlimited for all Office 365 subscribers from 1TB of free storage introduced last June that was increased from 20GB. Now the company has announced that it will no longer be offering unlimited storage to Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscribers. All these will roll back to 1 TB. Microsoft says that some Office 365 subscribers had backed up numerous PCs and stored entire movie collections and DVR recordings that exceeded 75 TB per user, which is the main reason for killing unlimited storage.
Microsoft has introduced 50GB plans by killing existing 100 GB and 200 GB plans and is also downgrading free OneDrive storage from 15 GB to 5 GB for all users. This was also upgraded back in June last year from 7GB. It will also discontinue 15 GB camera roll storage bonus, but other bonuses such as loyalty bonus won’t be impacted, which is a good news. I currently have 40GB of free storage (15GB (Free) + 10GB (Loyalty bonus) + 15GB (Camera roll bonus)), after the changes I will have only 15GB of free space (5GB (Free) + 10GB (Loyalty bonus)).
New OneDrive changes
- We’re no longer planning to offer unlimited storage to Office 365 Home, Personal, or University subscribers. Starting now, those subscriptions will include 1 TB of OneDrive storage.
- 100 GB and 200 GB paid plans are going away as an option for new users and will be replaced with a 50 GB plan for $1.99 per month in early 2016.
- Free OneDrive storage will decrease from 15 GB to 5 GB for all users, current and new. The 15 GB camera roll storage bonus will also be discontinued. These changes will start rolling out in early 2016.
- If you are an Office 365 consumer subscriber and have stored in excess of 1 TB, you will be notified of this change and will be able to keep your increased storage for at least 12 months.
- If you are using more than 5 GB of free storage, you will continue to have access to all files for at least 12 months after these changes go into effect in early 2016.
- Current customers of standalone OneDrive storage plans (such as a 100 or 200 GB plans) are not affected by these changes.