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Sharepoint Online storage - metadata updates
This is a known problem with metadata changes and even simple actions as renaming a document results in a new document version.
There are Apps that allow users to change metadata values without adding additional versions. See example.
You also need to look into solutions to purge obsolete document versions to keep your costs under control.
Lastly, check if you use retention labels because that will prevent you from purging older versions.
Paul_HK_de_Jong Thanks, but we need versioning of the metadata. That is important to our solution. But, we do not want every version of metadata changes to add additional storage. Some of our files are 500MB plus and we don't want a storage overrun when metadata is updated by end users. Our solution requires that every metadata change has to be captured from the beginning of time and we aren't allowed to purge these version.