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Microsoft reduces shared OneDrive storage for Microsoft 365 Family and Premium

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Microsoft is reducing the pooled OneDrive storage available with shared Microsoft 365 plans. Microsoft 365 Family and Premium previously offered up to 6 TB across six people, with 1 TB per person; the revised total is 2 TB. One account says each family member currently receives 1 TB, while another specifies that the previous 6 TB pool applied to the Family and Premium tiers.

3 sourcesFirst reported by ZDNETPublished Updated
Image: The Register

What we know

Confirmed by several sources

Reported by one source

  • Microsoft 365 Family and Premium storage is changing from a 6 TB combined pool shared among six people to a 2 TB total pool. — TechPowerUp
  • Each family member currently receives 1 TB of OneDrive storage. — ZDNET

Open questions

  • It is not yet clear when the reduced storage allocation will take effect. — The Register, ZDNET

Coverage 3 publishers

  1. ZDNETFirst report

    Got a Microsoft 365 subscription? Your storage is about to shrink

    Today, shared Microsoft 365 plans include 1 TB of OneDrive cloud storage for every family member. Microsoft is about to shrink that allotment dramatically.

  2. TechPowerUp

    Microsoft 365 Cuts Family OneDrive Storage from 6 TB to 2 TB

    Microsoft has updated its Microsoft 365 Family and Premium subscriptions to reduce the overall storage pool. Previously, these subscription tiers allowed one buyer to share a subscription with five additional family members, totaling six…

  3. The Register

    Microsoft 365 subscribers set to lose up to 4TB of OneDrive storage

    What Microsoft giveth, Microsoft taketh away, again and again

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