Office 365/Onedrive

tryagain on 07/07/2018 - 15:13
Last edited 08/07/2018 - 09:44 by 1 other user

So my 4yr University office 365 subscription has come to an end and the main issue is the stuff I have stored on my associated Onedrive account (personal email not uni one). I am still at University and so have access through that for 6 more months, I have tried to move the (predominantly photos and video's) to the one drive associated with my uni email address a few times with various free software but have been unsuccessful.

I am thinking the best option, if I can, is to get another 4 yr Uni subscription for my existing account for $119 although this isn't an upgrade option so not sure how/if it can be applied to an existing account.

Can anyone come up with any other/better ideas?

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  • trustnoone on 07/07/2018 - 16:08
    +1

    Are you sure you lose your email? A lot of universities let you keep it now, I still have 2 emails from 2 unis I've gone to?

    • tryagain on 07/07/2018 - 16:18

      No, I am unsure about that. I am at Griffith if anyone knows what happens with their emails.

      • cabler365 on 07/07/2018 - 16:39
        +1

        I don't know what policy Griffith has but from a technical point of view, the Uni can continue to license you to use your email account while disabling the OneDrive component of your account. Although it functions as one whole account, each part of it can be turned on and off. This comes down to the Uni's policy but also what Microsoft will allow them to do and at what cost. I suggest you lodge a request with the Uni Helpdesk ask what will happen to your account when you complete your studies. And keep a copy of the response in case you need it!

      • No Username on 08/07/2018 - 19:27

        Do you have access to Microsoft Access Database as one of your products? If so then your account may be deleted since its an A3 or A5 package which universities have to pay per student monthly. If you don't have access to Microsoft Access then you have the A1 package. The A1 package is free for IT admins to deploy and there is no charge.

  • alvian on 08/07/2018 - 10:23
    +1

    OneDrive is free to use. Why would you lose access to your personal OneDrive when your O365 subscription expires?

    If your paid personal OneDrive usage is more than the capacity limit of a free account, you simply cannot write more stuff into it until you have removed the excess data. A reddit reply (see below) said you have one year to remove the excess.
    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-…
    https://www.reddit.com/r/microsoft/comments/33vlzr/what_happ…

    To move data between OneDrive accounts, you can use this Microsoft Flow template. Microsoft Flow is free to use and it also has available a 90-day trial.
    https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/galleries/public/templates/…
    https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/

    • tryagain on 08/07/2018 - 15:36

      Thanks, I'll give the Flow a go, my personal one drive is over capacity and has been frozen as the subscription ended earlier this year.

  • Indomietable on 11/07/2018 - 00:06
    +1

    I use Google photos to keep all my photos and videos.

    Photos and videos takes the bulk of my disk space. Google photos is unlimited if you choose to use high quality photos upload ( 2 Megapixel resolution ) and I really like the features that comes with it ( image search, face tagging, google assistance, etc)

    I keep terabytes of raw images / raw videos on my NAS.

    How much data do you have if you exclude photos and videos?

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