365 Family - is storage limited to 1TB/user or is it the total that counts?

Question

My 365 Family is shared with three other family members. They have very limited storage requirements, while I alone need more than 1TB för my raw and Photoshop photos.

Is my space limited to 1TB, or is there a way that I could use more up to the total 6TB alloted to the entire "family"?

As of now I have divided, used other's accounts and shared folders so that no account exceeds 1TB. But it would be a lot more practical if I could use the space I need in my own account, as long as the collective "family" does not exceed the total. Is that possible?

Answer 1

Hi, I'm Elise, an independent advisor and I'd be happy to help with your issue.

With the Office 365 family subscription the storage limit is 1TB per person.

There is a way around using another users storage for your own use, from this article - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mana...

Why can I only see 1 TB with Office 365 Home?

With an Microsoft 365 Family subscription, you get a total of 6 TB storage: that's 1 TB (or 1000 GB) per user.

You can share your total storage around and have use of more than 1 TB by sharing folders between users (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/shar...) and adding the shared folders to your own OneDrive.(https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-...)

To manage your Microsoft 365 subscription, visit your Microsoft account portal.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Kind Regards,

Elise