(Updated) Pay-as-you-go consumption-based meter for your extra SharePoint storage needs

Updated September 1, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.

Introduction

To help organizations manage SharePoint storage more flexibly and avoid over-provisioning, Microsoft is introducing a pay-as-you-go, consumption-based billing model for SharePoint storage overages. This option allows you to pay only for the additional storage you actually use, rather than pre-purchasing extra capacity. The experience integrates with Microsoft 365 Archive and helps align storage costs with real usage.

This change is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 506743.

When this will happen

• Public Preview (Worldwide): We completed rollout in June 2026.
• General Availability (WW): We expect to begin rolling out in early November 2026 (previously September) and to complete rolling by end of November 2026 (previously end of October).

How this affects your organization

Who is affected

• Microsoft 365 administrators managing SharePoint Online storage
• Note: This feature isn’t currently available to education tenants. Let us know if you’d like it to be supported in the future.

What will happen

• Admins can enable pay-as-you-go SharePoint storage billing in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• Storage used above the included tenant quota will be automatically billed based on consumption.
• There is no impact to users.
• The existing Office 365 Extra File Storage add‑on remains available if you prefer to manually increase your storage quota instead.
• The feature is opt-in and off by default.

What you can do to prepare

• No immediate action is required. However, we recommend the following:
• Review your tenant’s current SharePoint storage usage in the SharePoint admin center > Active sites.
• Evaluate whether a consumption‑based model or manually purchased storage best fits your organization’s cost and governance preferences.
• If you plan to enable pay‑as‑you‑go billing:
• Share this information with finance or procurement teams if they track usage‑based charges.

• Ensure the appropriate Azure subscription and billing permissions are in place.
• Update internal documentation or cost‑management processes as needed.

Learn more: Add more SharePoint storage to your subscription | Microsoft Learn

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