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Microsoft 365 cuts shared storage to 2TB amid industry shortages

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Microsoft is reducing the shared cloud storage for its Microsoft 365 Family, Premium, and Pro subscribers from 1TB per user to a total of 2TB for the entire account. This change, effective after May 2, 2027, aims to reallocate storage where needed and benefit accounts with a single primary user. However, accounts with multiple users consuming significant storage will likely need to purchase additional capacity, a move that appears to be a response to industry-wide storage shortages and rising hardware costs. AI

IMPACT This change may indirectly impact AI users by increasing costs for cloud storage, a key resource for AI model training and deployment.

RANK_REASON This is a change to an existing product's storage policy, not a new release or frontier development.

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Microsoft 365 cuts shared storage to 2TB amid industry shortages

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Microsoft 365 slashes storage capacity for shared accounts amid industry-wide shortages

    This effectively increases the costs for large users, although it may benefit those who have family members that don't take up much cloud storage space.

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