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SharePoint Site Storage Limits
Is it possible to change the default storage limit for when a new SharePoint site is created, like how OneDrive storage limit can be set? Changing the SharePoint setting, Site storage limits, to "Manually" allows admins to set it when they create a site. However, I'm wanting to know if it's possible to set a default value of 1TB instead, so it doesn't default to 25TB when a user creates a new Microsoft 365 Group and/or Teams.
Hi I_NuB,I completely understand your question. While SharePoint defaults to assigning 25TB to each new site created with a Microsoft 365 Group or Teams, it is possible to set a custom storage limit (for example, 1TB or even 3GB) for each new site by modifying the settings in the SharePoint Admin Center.
You just need to go to:
SharePoint Admin Center → Settings → Site Creation → Set storage limits manually
There, you can define a default storage value (e.g., 1TB) so that new sites don't automatically get the full 25TB available.
I've attached a screenshot for reference.
Hope this helps, and feel free to ask if you need anything else!Thanks!
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Hi I_NuB,I completely understand your question. While SharePoint defaults to assigning 25TB to each new site created with a Microsoft 365 Group or Teams, it is possible to set a custom storage limit (for example, 1TB or even 3GB) for each new site by modifying the settings in the SharePoint Admin Center.
You just need to go to:
SharePoint Admin Center → Settings → Site Creation → Set storage limits manually
There, you can define a default storage value (e.g., 1TB) so that new sites don't automatically get the full 25TB available.
I've attached a screenshot for reference.
Hope this helps, and feel free to ask if you need anything else!Thanks!
Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't realize this setting is only made available after setting the "Site Storage Limits" to manual.
Hi I_NuB I haven't found such a setting. What I can suggest is using a script like this to identify sites using too much storage, and then manually adjust their limits from time to time. https://pnp.github.io/script-samples/spo-get-sharepoint-storage-currentquota/README.html?tabs=pnpps
Another approach would be to create your own provisioning process to generate sites with the desired settings.
