M365 (Information) - Storage Limits
Microsoft enforces size limits in OneDrive and Sharepoint. This knowledge base article links to Microsoft's documentation on those limits.
This document provides an overview of Microsoft 365 services' storage limits as well as storage limit differences based on UWM affiliation.
| Microsoft 365 Service |
Faculty/Staff Storage Limit |
Students Storage Limit |
Non-Student/Non-Faculty/Non-Staff Storage Limit (This includes Emeritus, Annuitant, Visiting Scholars, and Sponsored accounts) |
| Outlook (Email, Calendar, Contacts) | 100 GB | 100 GB | 50 GB |
| Outlook Group | 50 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| OneDrive | 1 TB | 1 TB | 100 GB |
| Teams (default per Team) | 50 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| SharePoint (default per Team site) | 50 GB | 50 GB | 50 GB |
Note: Current Microsoft 365 service storage limits are subject to change. University IT Services advises against using large amounts of storage in Teams/SharePoint due to upcoming changes by Microsoft that will result is less storage allocation in the future.
Microsoft has additional information on storage limits in Outlook, storage limits in OneDrive, and storage limits in Teams on their website.
To quickly transfer data between OneDrive and Teams/SharePoint, use the following Microsoft documentation: Move Files and Folders Between OneDrive and Sharepoint