14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft has just announced a series of improvements for OneDrive, and the most exciting is the addition of a new plan that allows customers to increase the maximum amount of storage space for their Office 365 accounts to 2TB.
First and foremost, the amount of storage in the OneDrive standalone plan (OneDrive without an Office 365 subscription) will be increased from 50 GB to 100 GB at no additional cost.
This means that for $1.99 per month you now get twice more storage, and Microsoft says all accounts will be upgraded free of charge when the rollout of this upgrade begins. No ETA is available just yet, but it should go live “soon.”
Up to 2 TB storage for Office 365 subscribers
In addition, Microsoft now allows Office 365 subscribers to get a maximum of 2 TB of storage in OneDrive. Previously, users were limited to just 1 TB, and the increase to 2 TB is possible with an extra fee of $1.99 per month.
In other words, you can add a maximum of 1 TB to your existing storage with $9.99 per month, and the plan is offered in 200 GB increments.
“If you need 2 TB of storage, we now have an option for you. Pay only for what you need and increase, decrease, or cancel your additional storage plan anytime,” Seth Patton, General Manager, Microsoft 365, said in an announcement today.
Office 365 users, however, must know that only the primary account holder can get the extra 1 TB storage increase. As per the existing policy, Office 365 Home can be used by a maximum of six accounts, each receiving 1 TB per account. Following the storage increase, only the primary account would be expanded to 2 TB, while the rest of the accounts would still be limited to 1 TB.
Microsoft says the new plan will also be released in the coming months for Office 365 subscribers.