Add storage via a third-party Microsoft service reseller such as Pax8
Add storage via a third-party Microsoft service reseller such as Pax8
Customer exceeds SharePoint budget by 350GB. Storage extension options are unclear and difficult to access. Purchased 1GB from M365 but unsure about adding it. Rely on Microsoft reseller pax8; the "get more storage" link leads to confusing material. Need guidance or support.
Buying extra SharePoint space from Microsoft is quite costly, costing $0.20 per GB per month. For 350GB, that adds about $70 monthly on the M365 bill. If immediate access is essential, follow these actions: Navigate to the M365 Admin Center, select Billing, then Purchase Services. In the "View by Category" section, click Add-Ons, scroll to the bottom, and choose "Office 365 Extra File Storage." Connect your subscription, purchase the required licenses (at least 350), and consider using third-party solutions to expand storage. Alternatively, we set up a Synology NAS and drives to store our archived data, reducing our SharePoint usage by roughly half. Synology devices with DSM 7.0+ support Active Backup for M365, enabling full backup of SharePoint, OneDrive, and emails.
I believe we have between 35 and 40 users. I bought the M365 extra storage on our reseller site, which appears in the admin panel. On the reseller site it mentions a parent account, but it doesn't function properly when I select options. It seems unrelated to a used account, and since we don’t have a SharePoint subscription, it’s likely just part of the domain. The connection with my subscription is unclear. As the billing and purchase service is handled by the reseller, I think the plan is to pay $70 now and then handle removal or archiving later.