microsoft If You Are A Free OneDrive User And Want To Keep Your Storage, Do This

[vissha]

If You Are A Free OneDrive User And Want To Keep Your Storage, Do This

 

Microsoft announced today that existing free OneDrive customers can sign-up to keep their free storage quota so that it won't be reduced in the near future.

 

Microsoft announced back in November 2015 that it would downgrade storage on its cloud hosting service OneDrive for nearly any customer of the service.

 

Paying customers, those subscribed to Office 365 would be limited to 1 Terabyte of storage and no longer be able to take advantage of the unlimited storage offer the company made available in the same year.

 

OneDrive customers who upgraded their storage by 100 or 200 Gigabyte would see a reduction to 50 Gigabyte instead, and free users would see their storage decreased from 15 Gigabyte to 5 Gigabyte.

 

In addition, the 15 Gigabyte camera roll bonus would be removed as well.

 

The only reason Microsoft provided for the move was that some unlimited customers abused the offer.

 

The explanation did not add up considering that there was no need to "punish" free users and OneDrive users who upgraded their storage quota to 100 or 200 Gigabyte for the actions of some.

 

The reaction to the announcement was negative and it is likely that Microsoft lost customers after the announcement made the rounds. OneDrive alternatives were in high demand.

 

Today, Microsoft Group Program Manager Douglas Pearce announced a surprising turn of events. While Microsoft won't change its overall plans, it made the decision to make things more pleasant for free users of the service.

 

 

Instead of limiting users to 5 Gigabyte of free storage with no recourse, it now allows existing users to keep some of the free storage.

 

In particular, free users can keep the existing 15 Gigabyte of storage and the 15 Gigabyte camera roll bonus, but only if they "sign up to keep the storage".

 

 

The link points to a Microsoft OneDrive website where free users can opt-in to keep the 15 Gigabyte of storage and the 15 Gigabyte camera roll bonus.

Uncheck the promotional offer option before you hit "Keep your free storage". Some devices doesn't show the promotional offer option.

 

Still, if you are a OneDrive user you may want to sign up to keep the free storage, and unsubscribe from promotional emails as soon as you receive one. The offer is valid until the end of January after which it expires.

 

Source

 

Update - Tip:

Here is the post on Complete steps to safely proceed with offer.

 

[shamu726]

who knows if it will last.. maybe in another month, they will announce another change.

[fbforums1]

Thanks a lot for this, I just signed up to keep my storage :)

 

Although, lately I've been having issues with OneDrive, mainly the speed of which everything is being uploaded/downloaded. So slow, even on 100/100 Mbps

[CODYQX4]

Just a reminder that nothing in the cloud ins under your control, not even how much storage you have.

[a4z]

21 hours ago, fbforums1 said:

Thanks a lot for this, I just signed up to keep my storage

 

Although, lately I've been having issues with OneDrive, mainly the speed of which everything is being uploaded/downloaded. So slow, even on 100/100 Mbps

With Win 10/Office 16, I was debating moving from Dropbox to OneDrive? Is it that bad? 

[fbforums1]

3 hours ago, a4z said:

With Win 10/Office 16, I was debating moving from Dropbox to OneDrive? Is it that bad? 

 

Honestly, not really man. I switched over from Dropbox because I remember an announcement that DropBox basically gave out the info of what you stop in your Dropbox. I didn't have anything illegal obviously, but I'd rather NOT have them giving out my personal documents like it's nothing. I wouldn't be surprised if OneDrive does it as well, but at the time, they offered more space, and I just liked the interface over all, as well as the connectivity with Windows 8/10

[VileTouch]

good thing is you can make you own "onedrive". just plug a NAS to your router and thats it. to access it from other places you can set up an ftp server on your computer and you're all set!. though i doubt you really want a file that bad that you can't wait to go home to get it. best thing about it is that its a one time investment and it can be as big as you are willing to pay for.

[fbforums1]

3 minutes ago, VileTouch said:

good thing is you can make you own "onedrive". just plug a NAS to your router and thats it. to access it from other places you can set up an ftp server on your computer and you're all set!. though i doubt you really want a file that bad that you can't wait to go home to get it. best thing about it is that its a one time investment and it can be as big as you are willing to pay for.

Literally read my mind! I was going originally post that @a4z is better off with a NAS. 

 

Personally, I was considering purchasing and setting up one, but I was uncertain if my ISP would charge me extra or anything of the sorts if I were to set one up for my own personal use (Both in my home and outside my home ex. when im at school)

[VileTouch]

10 minutes ago, fbforums1 said:

Literally read my mind! I was going originally post that @a4z is better off with a NAS. 

 

Personally, I was considering purchasing and setting up one, but I was uncertain if my ISP would charge me extra or anything of the sorts if I were to set one up for my own personal use (Both in my home and outside my home ex. when im at school)

your isp has no say on what you put behind their router. (or what you plug to the cable if the router is yours). their job is providing a certain bandwidth and they will charge for it wether you use it or not, so you might as well put it to good use.

[Jonnyeast]

Thanks vissha, useful advice

[vissha]

Update - Tip to protect your Windows  OS[v8/v8.1/v10]:

 

Here is the perfect way to avail the offer without any trouble with web app permissions.

1. First, use any other OS[Linux/OS X/Win XP/Vista/7]. I'd suggest any Linux  Live USB or Linux OS installed in USB will do.
2. Make sure that no OneDrive web app or s/w is installed.
3. Then visit the direct offer link.
4. Now, click on offer and then sign-in.
5. When it ask for permissions, click on "yes". [Before clicking on "yes", make a note of the complete url for future reference]
6. In Success page, click on link and go to OneDrive.
7. Now, visit this link to revoke permissions.
8. Before signing out, please visit this link and verify the login to avoid blocking your account due to suspicious activity[due to new OS/IP address].
9. Done. You are safe.

[wavymavy]

Good info for those who use.  I'll have to make sure this is done, I know a couple people who can use this.

[fixvex]

Microsoft also promised users with more than 5 GB data in their One Drive will get One Year of Office 365 Persnal for 1 year. However, it wasn't clear whether customers will have to choose between 15 Free Storage for life time or 1 Year of Office 365 Personal? Does anyone have more information on this?

[wacm1979]

Thanks for this. Did not realise that we had to "opt-in" until now. As always, some details buried deep in the ToS.