{"id":7929,"date":"2021-11-02T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T05:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2021-11-02T07:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T05:32:20","slug":"managing-microsoft-365-storage-space-how-businesses-can-do-this-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/managing-microsoft-365-storage-space-how-businesses-can-do-this-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Microsoft 365 storage space: How businesses can do this effectively."},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

While Microsoft 365 users face storage limits across the platform, there are ways to increase capacity. It’s also important to understand the limits in the first place.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Microsoft 365 is one of the world’s most popular SaaS applications, and organizations of all sizes store vast amounts of data in its cloud. However, it is important to know the limits of Microsoft 365 storage space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, Microsoft 365 storage limits are not quite as clear cut as one might expect. Microsoft 365 storage space varies widely from\u00a0one subscription plan to the next\u00a0and limits also vary by data type. Exchange Online, for example, has one size limit for user mailboxes and a different size limit for resource mailboxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Organizations need to pay most attention to the Exchange Online limits associated with mailboxes because that’s where the bulk of the data resides. For example, in the Office 365 Enterprise E1 plan, user mailboxes are limited to 50 GB. That limit doubles to 100 GB for those with an\u00a0Enterprise E3\u00a0or E5 subscription.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations with Enterprise plans also receive archive mailboxes for each user. In the case of the Enterprise E1 plan, the archive mailboxes have a 50 GB limit. Archive mailbox sizes in the Enterprise E3 and E5 plans are unlimited. However, Enterprise E3 and E5 mailboxes initially only receive 100 GB of archive mailbox space. Assuming that the business enables auto expansion, the archive mailboxes will grow to accommodate\u00a0as much archive data as is necessary.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Microsoft 365 storage space is sometimes based on the presence or absence of a license. For example, shared mailboxes and resource mailboxes do not require a license, although users need a client access license to access these mailboxes. If unlicensed, however, such mailboxes are limited to 50 GB. To increase capacity to 100 GB, assign an Exchange Online Plan 2 license to a shared mailbox or an Enterprise E3 or E5 license to a resource mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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