E1 license more than 50 GB

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E1 license more than 50 GB

Sree 1

If someone can help me please let me know the answers for below.

One of my O365 user license is E1 and user 50GB is almost to finish now. As he dont have outlook client. What is the option.
a. Can we increase the storage size in E1 license?
b. Do we have online archive option in E1 license?
c. If we have online archive option. how do we see those emails in outlook web.
d. How do we archive archive from outlook web.
e. Is online archive is free?

JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator

2020-11-20T09:17:06.013+00:00

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JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator

2020-11-20T09:17:06.013+00:00

Hi @Sree ,
It has been a while, have you got your issue fixed?
I'm writing to see if these replies are helpful to you.
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Answer 1

Andy David - MVP 157.7K MVP Volunteer Moderator

You can create an Online archive for this user with an E1. You can not increase the Quota of the primary mailbox beyond 50GB. That requires an E2 at minimum to have 100GB primary quota

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-service-description/exchange-online-limits#mailbox-storage-limits

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-archiving-service-description/exchange-online-archiving-service-description

Answer 2

Ashok M 6,846

Hi,

As Andy stated, you can enable the Exchange Online Archive for the user with E1 license.

a. Can we increase the storage size in E1 license? No, size cannot be increased and its based on the license
b. Do we have online archive option in E1 license? Yes, exchange online archiving is included in E1
c. If we have online archive option. how do we see those emails in outlook web. Yes, it will display as "In-place archive"
d. How do we archive archive from outlook web. Move the items to the archive folder
e. Is online archive is free? Its included in E1 license

https://www.slipstick.com/office-365/enable-office-365-exchange-online-archive/

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JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator

2020-11-11T02:22:18.417+00:00

Hi @Sree ,
Agree with what @Ashok M mentioned above, please check if above information was helpful. And if you have any further updates on this issue, please feel free to post back.
Sree 1 Reputation point

2020-11-11T04:45:03.333+00:00

Thanks for you r reply.

What is the size of archive mailbox?
Ashok M 6,846 Reputation points

2020-11-11T05:35:59.063+00:00

It’s 50GB.

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JeffYang-MSFT 6,261 Reputation points Moderator

2020-11-13T10:34:53.4+00:00

Hi @Sree ,
Yes, It’s 50GB.
By the way, would you mind marking helpful reply as answer so that others who might have a similar question can benefit from your thread? Thanks for your understanding and support.

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