Microsoft to Charge for Unlicensed OneDrive for Business Accounts

Microsoft plans to archive unlicensed OneDrive sites starting in January 2025. The obsolete sites will end up in Microsoft 365 archive, from where the sites can be reactivated for a small per-gigabyte fee. Archived sites are indexed and discoverable. However, the message is clear: remove unlicensed OneDrive sites now. They’re only cluttering up your digital landscape and might give Copilot for Microsoft 365 a headache.

Understanding SharePoint Online Storage

Understanding SharePoint Online storage used to be easy. Then applications like Loop arrived. Other influences like retention and archive can affect storage too. It’s a complicated situation before you throw OneDrive for Business into the mix and consider that Microsoft has removed unlimited OneDrive storage while an increasing number of apps store files in OneDrive. It’s a complicated situation.