By Craig Hale
Publication Date: 2026-02-03 16:20:00
- OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online Plans 1 & 2 are being axed
- Low customer demand, higher operational costs and “nonstandard usage” are to blame
- Customers are being told to migrate to M365 – revenue for that business continues to rise
Microsoft has pulled the plug on some of the last popular versions of OneDrive and SharePoint due to low demand, but in removing some of the cheapest plans, cloud storage could be about to become more expensive for some users.
Four of its standalone cloud storage plans – SharePoint Online Plan 1 and Plan 2, and OneDrive for Business Plan 1 and Plan 2 – will no longer be available.
Besides low customer demand, Microsoft also warned of higher operational costs and also “unintended or nonstandard usage,” suggesting some users might have been using them for cheap bulk storage.
OneDrive and SharePoint plans axed
In removing these two lower tiers, the company is also pushing its Microsoft 365 plans once again: “As Microsoft…
