Microsoft gives Office 365 subscribers unlimited cloud storage

Getting productive on the cloud with Microsoft suddenly got that much easier with the October 28 (Singapore time) announcement that all Office 365 subscribers will now receive unlimited OneDrive storage at no additional cost, the company announced in its OneDrive Blog and Office Blog.

Source: Microsoft.

"For OneDrive for Business customers, unlimited storage will be listed on the Office 365 roadmap in the coming days and we will begin updating the First Release customers in 2015, aligned with our promise to provide ample notification for significant service changes," said Chris Jones, Corporate VP for OneDrive & SharePoint at Microsoft in the OneDrive blog post. 

The move emphasises Microsoft's direct competition with Google's Google Drive, which has allowed collaborating on a document stored in cloud storage for some time.

"OneDrive makes sure you always have all your important content on all your devices and enables multiple people to collaborate and co-author a single document at the same time. Gone are the days of not having that document right when you need it or managing multiple versions of the same document. 

"With OneDrive there is always just one source of truth available across all your devices. What’s more, with Office Delve, that important document your co-worker shared with you on their OneDrive actually finds you, versus you having to find it," adds Julia White, GM, Office 365 Technical Product Management, in the Office 365 blog post.

The feature will roll out over the coming months, starting with subscribers of Office 365 Home, Personal, and University. Users who can't wait to try the storage can click here to get on the list.