On OneDrive, 15 GB of free storage space is available again. Not for everyone.
About a month ago, users subscribed to OneDrive – Microsoft’s cloud storage platform – learned with surprise about a change in the service’s terms of use.
Microsoft has decided to cut back on the storage capacity previously promised to users, reducing the available free space.
The 15 GB initially available for free has indeed been reduced to 5 GB, generating quite a bit of grumbling from regular platform subscribers.
In recent hours, news has arrived of a change in this regard: Microsoft has decided to backtrack and restore the 15 GB free storage, as in the past.
However, it’s important to keep in mind that not everyone will be able to enjoy this “renewed” benefit: the measure will only apply to old customers.
New sign-ups will not see the recognition of the aforementioned free threshold.
There is also a second condition to take into careful consideration: the return to 15 GB free storage will not be automatic for old subscribers.
It will be necessary to make a specific request to the staff managing the OneDrive service.
To this end, a dedicated section has been set up and published online, accessible via the address https://preview.onedrive.com/bonus/.
This procedure can only be carried out by the deadline set by Microsoft: requests must be received no later than January 31, 2016.
After this period, and in any case if this explicit request is not made, your OneDrive account will not be able to contain more than 5 GB of free storage space.
There is also a second type of user who will have to consider a change in policy dictated by Microsoft: Office 365 subscribers, in fact, will no longer have unlimited space but will have to “settle” for up to a maximum of 1 TB of cloud storage.
Finally, the previously available subscription plans have also been redesigned: the 100 GB and 200 GB plans will disappear, in favor of a single 50 GB plan, offered at the price of $1.99 per month, presumably in the first half of 2016.
Microsoft decided to make cuts because, following some checks carried out in recent months, it was realized that a small portion of Office 365 subscribers were storing too many large files, even exceeding 75 TB. It was therefore deemed that this was an improper use of the service, requiring a reconsideration of imposed limits.
For more information and to view all the detailed news regarding OneDrive, we recommend consulting the site https://onedrive.live.com.
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