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TonyRedmond
Aug 21, 2026MVP
Primary Mailbox Quota Increases to 100 GB for Microsoft 365 Business Plans
Microsoft announced details about how they will deploy the 100 GB mailbox quota to Microsoft 365 Business tenants. A new service plan is being deployed to tenants to liberate the additional 50 GB of ...
zbarrerar
Sep 01, 2026Copper Contributor
Great improvement for Microsoft 365 Business plans, but more mailbox storage shouldn't replace a proper data lifecycle strategy.
From an Exchange Online administration perspective, I'd still prefer organizations to combine the additional capacity with Online Archive, retention policies, and regular mailbox governance rather than simply allowing primary mailboxes to grow indefinitely.
With Copilot and AI increasingly consuming organizational data, keeping 100 GB of email doesn't necessarily mean keeping 100 GB of relevant information.
More storage solves the quota problem. Good governance solves the data problem.