How to Increase Office 365 Mailbox Size to 100 GB
Mailbox sizes depend on the type of mailbox and your subscription plan. Once we start using exchanges online, we forget about the mailbox size. And once the mailbox size starts exceeding its limit, it sends messages or notifications when you are near the maximum capacity limit. These notifications denote that you are reaching to the maximum point of the storage in the mailbox. In the article, we will check the manual settigns to increase the size of Office 365 mailbox.
Warning Message — This message implies that the mailbox size exceeds its limit, and the user must delete emails as soon as possible.
Prohibit send Email Notification- It implies the mailbox size has reached the maximum limit and prohibits you from sending any new message to others.
Prohibit send/receive- It implies you won’t be able to receive any new emails once the mailbox size limit is touched, which will send an NDR (non-delivery report) to the sender. And you also need to delete emails that are no more important to you to receive new emails.
If you have already extended all the size limits and tried all methods to accommodate the data, then you are left with only one option to delete the existing data from the mailbox. And to avoid loss of data, go for data backup, and to perform backup opt for the best professional tool, Kernel Office 365 to PST. With this tool, a non-technical user can efficiently perform the export.
Go for the new Office 365 subscription plan.
If you are looking forward to increasing Office 365 Mailbox sizes, the best way is to change the subscription plan from Business to Enterprise. The above-described chart shows that the Business Basic and Business Standard come with 50 GB of storage, whereas the Enterprise E3 and E5 come up to 100 GB. Hence upgrade yourself to the enterprise subscription plan.
Increase Office 365 Mailbox Size using PowerShell
You can also opt to Exchange PowerShell to increase the mailbox size limit. You must run PowerShell as administrator and connect to Exchange Online (Office 365) with Windows PowerShell.
If you are getting a warning message or notification such as “mailbox size limit exceeded.” In such a scenario, you can quickly change your Office 365 plan or use PowerShell commands to expand the Office 365 mailbox size limit.
Conclusion
I hope you find this blog helpful and if you plan to migrate from on-premises Exchange Server to Microsoft 365. The above-discussed methods are easy if you know the terms PowerShell and all. If you are non-tech, try to have a backup copy of all your data before performing any action to avoid data loss. You can opt for Kernel Office 365 Backup & Restore tool, which can import/export multiple PST files to Office 365 accounts effectively.
