Microsoft 365 Family: How is reducing 6 TB to 2 TB an improvement?

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Microsoft 365 Family: How is reducing 6 TB to 2 TB an improvement?

Ákos Hajdu 0

Microsoft is replacing six individual 1 TB OneDrive allowances with just 2 TB shared across all six users.
That's a 66.7% reduction in total included storage, presented as greater flexibility for families.

I've been paying for Microsoft 365 Family for years, and I find this decision completely unacceptable. Individual storage allowances were one of the main reasons I subscribed.

Why should existing customers accept such a significant reduction in benefits? Will Microsoft reduce the subscription price accordingly?

If this change goes ahead without adequate compensation or equivalent storage, I will seriously consider cancelling my subscription.

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Boone, Warren (IST) 0 Reputation points

2026-10-09T06:33:23.2266667+00:00

That is not cool... Perhaps set the limit to 2TB shared and if you go over it automatically extentds by 1TB until you reach the 6TB limit. This was one of the reasons I moved from a lifetime 2022 licence to o365 and OneDrive.
Stefan Blom 353.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2026-10-09T08:47:01.7033333+00:00

@Boone, Warren (IST)

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Boone, Warren (IST) 0 Reputation points

2026-10-09T06:33:23.2266667+00:00

That is not cool... Perhaps set the limit to 2TB shared and if you go over it automatically extentds by 1TB until you reach the 6TB limit. This was one of the reasons I moved from a lifetime 2022 licence to o365 and OneDrive.
Stefan Blom 353.9K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator

2026-10-09T08:47:01.7033333+00:00

@Boone, Warren (IST)

To send feedback to Microsoft, use the portal at https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ .

The feedback forum will be read by decision makers and developers at Microsoft (unlike the Q&A forums, which are strictly user-to-user forums).

Answer 1

Microsoft provided a reason for instituting this change, but if you're like me, you won't find it very satisfying. In Changes to Microsoft 365 storage Microsoft says that sharing storage among all users means that a user otherwise running out of space in their OneDrive can benefit from a user on the same Family or Premium plan who is not using anywhere close to their allocation. That's not totally unreasonable, but it still doesn't explain the decrease from 6TB to 2TB.

As to your second question, Microsoft writes "For existing Microsoft 365 Family and Premium subscribers, this change generally takes effect after the first subscription renewal on or after May 2, 2027 ..." so for now nothing changes.

If you want my personal opinion - which I actually don't recall you asking about - I always thought that 1TB per user was a ridiculous amount of space to give away for free, particularly when other storage providers make good money on selling that amount of storage. I think that may be closer to real answer here.