Microsoft has expanded cloud storage options for consumer-level Microsoft 365 subscribers, allowing Personal and Family plan holders to purchase OneDrive capacity reaching 10 terabytes per account. The enhancement marks a departure from the previous 1-terabyte ceiling that constrained these subscription categories.
The storage expansion excludes Basic and complimentary tier users, who remain limited to 100 gigabytes. Family plan subscribers face an additional constraint: purchased storage belongs exclusively to the buying account holder rather than being distributed among household members.
The software giant experimented with unlimited cloud capacity for residential customers a decade earlier but abandoned the program after certain users consumed excessive amounts of data. The current approach reintroduces substantial storage allocations while maintaining defined upper boundaries and preventing shared pooling arrangements.
The storage expansion excludes Basic and complimentary tier users, who remain limited to 100 gigabytes. Family plan subscribers face an additional constraint: purchased storage belongs exclusively to the buying account holder rather than being distributed among household members.
The software giant experimented with unlimited cloud capacity for residential customers a decade earlier but abandoned the program after certain users consumed excessive amounts of data. The current approach reintroduces substantial storage allocations while maintaining defined upper boundaries and preventing shared pooling arrangements.
