How do I increase OneDrive Business Plan 2 storage on one license to 5 TB?

Monty Rogers 0 Reputation points
2026-02-21T21:35:51.09+00:00

I have five licenses on Microsoft 365 Business Standard and have purchased OneDrive for Business Plan 2 for one of the licenses. I want to increase the storage on this license to 5 TB. I have set the storage limit at 5120 GB for this license on the Admin Sharepoint site.

When I go on admin.cloud.microsoft, look under Active Users, select the license I want to increase storage on, and go to the OneDrive tab, I am limited to 1024 GB storage.

What am I missing to increase the storage on this license from 1 TB to 5 TB?

Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide.

Windows for business | Windows 365 Business

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Monty Rogers 0 Reputation points
2026-02-24T18:58:31.5866667+00:00

Thank you for responding VP. Luckily, all I needed is a single OneDrive for Business Plan 2 license alongside your four Business Standard licenses. Christopher at Microsoft support walked me through it. I had just missed one step. Now my Ona single OneDrive for Business Plan 2 license has 5 TB of storage and my four Business Standard licenses still have 1 TB of storage.

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  1. VPHAN 38,270 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-24T18:36:11.9266667+00:00

    Hello Monty Rogers,

    Has your issue been solved? If it has, please accept the answer so that it could be spread further to those in need too. If not, is there anything I can help you with? Please let me know. :)

    VP

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  2. VPHAN 38,270 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-21T22:11:19.5533333+00:00

    Hello Monty Rogers,

    According to the official Microsoft OneDrive service description, the ability to increase a user's OneDrive storage to 5 TB requires a minimum of five users assigned to qualifying plans within your tenant. Qualifying plans include standalone OneDrive for Business Plan 2, Office 365 E3, or Microsoft 365 E5. Microsoft 365 Business Standard does not qualify for this expanded storage tier.

    Because you have only purchased a single OneDrive for Business Plan 2 license alongside your four Business Standard licenses, your tenant does not meet the five-seat minimum threshold required to unlock the expanded storage limits. Consequently, the Microsoft backend enforces a hard cap of 1 TB (1024 GB) for that specific user. While you can technically execute the Set-SPOSite cmdlet or manipulate the user-level quota in the SharePoint Admin Center to display 5120 GB, the backend validation scripts will routinely audit your licensing compliance and revert the effective storage limit back to 1024 GB across the Microsoft 365 Admin Center and the user's client.

    To legitimately provision 5 TB of storage for this user, you must purchase four additional qualifying licenses, such as four more standalone OneDrive for Business Plan 2 licenses, so your tenant holds a total of five. Once your tenant meets this strict licensing prerequisite, the backend restriction automatically lifts, and any storage quota changes made via the SharePoint Admin Center or PowerShell will permanently apply across all administrative interfaces.

    Hope you found something useful in the answer. If it helped you get more insight into the issue, please consider accepting it. Thank you and have a nice day!

    VP

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