Does it mean that email attachments will be visible as standalone files in a OneDrive folder/s? Probably not, but many customers might expect that from the way the announcement is worded.

It’s not stated, but presumably this applies to all email attachments, regardless of the folder.Microsoft says “This update will not impact your mailbox storage amount.”, which could be taken to mean the attachment storage will be double counted (as used space in both the mailbox and OneDrive). Does this mean the mailbox storage (either 15GB or 50GB) will get more free space since the attachments will be counted against OneDrive quota instead of the mailbox quota.Plenty of questions arise and yet unanswered, just for starters … The announcement came in an email to some Microsoft 365 customers. Attachments are currently considered part of the mailbox quota only. That means your OneDrive quota will be used up a little more quickly, but other consequences of this change haven’t been answered.įrom 1 February 2023 (about 2 months ago), the space used to store email attachments will be counted against the OneDrive quota. Microsoft has announced that email attachments will counted as part of the OneDrive allowance.

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