Get ready for pooled storage

This article is for administrators with the Business Starter edition. 

We recently announced pooled storage for organizations with the Business Starter edition. If your organization has any legacy storage add-ons, such as Drive Storage or users with more than 30 GB of storage, you may get additional information about the move to pooled storage. Follow the steps below to check if you have legacy storage add-ons.

Step 1: Check for the Drive Storage add-on

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

    Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu and thenBillingand thenSubscriptions.
  3. From the list of subscriptions, check if there’s a Drive Storage subscription. If there is, you will receive additional information about the move to pooled storage.
     

Step 2: Check for users with over 30 GB of storage

If any user has more than 30GB, then one or more of your end users may have additional storage.

  1. Sign in to your Google Admin console.

    Sign in using your administrator account (does not end in @gmail.com).

  2. In the Admin console, go to Menu and then Directoryand thenUsers.
  3. Click Manage columns and thenAdd new columnand thenStorage limitand thenSave to include the storage limit in your downloaded list.
  4. Click Add a filterand thenLicense Assignedand thenBusiness Starter.
  5. (Optional) To download the list as a CSV file or export it to Google Sheets, go to Download a list of users.
  6. Review the list of users. If any user has more than 30 GB of storage, you may receive additional information about the move to pooled storage.

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