Microsoft announced the date of reducing the volume of free storage OneDrive
As previously reported , Microsoft planned to reduce the amount of disk space OneDrive for free accounts from 15 GB to 5 GB. The exact date of this operation has now become known.
July 27, 2016 .
All users of free accounts are sent a warning about upcoming changes.
And do not need to do anything. Microsoft will notify you if you currently have an excess of the planned amount. If you have less than 5 GB, then nothing to worry about.
If you use the free OneDrive plan and the size of your files exceeds 5 GB, then (information from the Microsoft website ):
July 27, 2016 .
All users of free accounts are sent a warning about upcoming changes.
And do not need to do anything. Microsoft will notify you if you currently have an excess of the planned amount. If you have less than 5 GB, then nothing to worry about.
If you use the free OneDrive plan and the size of your files exceeds 5 GB, then (information from the Microsoft website ):
- If you use the free version and you have more than 5 GB in OneDrive, you will receive an e-mail with a proposal to get a free one-year subscription for Office 365 personal, which includes 1 TB of storage space.
- If you do not use this offer, you will need to purchase additional storage or delete some files. Otherwise, 90 days after the first notification, your account will become read-only.
- If after 90 days the quota is exceeded, your files will remain available to you for 9 months. You can view and download them. However, you will not be able to add new files.
- If after 9 months the quota is still exceeded, your account will be blocked. This means that you will lose access to the content in OneDrive until you take appropriate action.
- If you do not take any action within 6 months, your content may be deleted.
What are the reasons for such changes (quote)
Мы приняли это решение после тщательного анализа и обдумывания, хотя такого рода решения принимать не просто. Мы выделили слишком большой объем на бесплатные хранилища, и теперь хотим сконцентрировать свои усилия на качественной поддержке производительности и совместной работы, которая будет полезна большинству наших клиентов. Если мы будем и дальше поддерживать текущие предложения, мы не сможем справиться с ростом и предоставлять надежные услуги, на которые вы можете рассчитывать. Эти изменения были необходимы для того, чтобы мы могли и далее предлагать удобную и всегда доступную службу для совместной работы.