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Microsoft gave a deadline to trim one's online discspace. Anyone know the date? Guidance sought

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Short answer: Microsoft announced the OneDrive storage policy change on November 2, 2015 and set the consumer free‑tier cutover to take effect in late July 2016 — reported as July 27, 2016 — while Office 365 consumer subscribers lost the “unlimited” promise and were capped at 1 TB with at least a 12‑month grace to get under the new cap. (techcrunch.com)

If an account exceeded the new limit Microsoft said it would notify users, give a 90‑day window before making the account read‑only, then escalate to a locked account and possible deletion if no action was taken (staged over months). Impacted free users were offered a time‑limited one‑year Office 365 Personal redemption in many markets; Office 365 subscribers above 1 TB were allowed extra time but not indefinite exemption. (ghacks.net)

Practical steps that would have protected data: check current usage on the OneDrive “Manage storage” page; unsync or download bulky folders (photos, video libraries) to local drives or NAS; remove duplicates and archive old media; or subscribe to a paid plan (Office 365 / Microsoft 1 TB or the paid 50 GB tier then offered). These actions reflect the safer approach and were warning about — keep a local backup and treat free cloud tiers as convenient, not guaranteed, long‑term archives. (pureinfotech.com)

References: Microsoft / OneDrive coverage and timeline in TechCrunch, Computerworld and Pureinfotech. (techcrunch.com)

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Despicable marketing. Give you a snotload of online storage, then, once you fill it up, cut back and charge you for anything over the new minimum.

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