Beginning January 27, 2025, any OneDrive user account that has been unlicensed for more than 93 days will undergo the following actions:
- Unlicensed accounts will be automatically archived. This means they will still be visible to admins through admin tools, but both admins and end users will no longer have access. Access will remain restricted until administrators take action.
- Unlicensed accounts tied to active users (users who are not assigned a license but are still considered active in the system) will be deleted instead of archived.
The way this situation commonly arises is after an employee termination, and the license is removed without assigning the contents of that person’s OneDrive for business to be reviewed or managed by someone else.
If you suspect this may have occurred and you need to retain this data, action will need to be taken before January 2025 for it to remain accessible. This would involve moving the unlicensed user’s data to a licensed user’s OneDrive, to a location in SharePoint, or buying a license.
Please let us know if you need to retain OneDrive data for deleted users in your company, and we will work with you to address it prior to the transition. If you have questions or concerns about this upcoming change, please reach out to SpireTech VIPsupport.
As always, we appreciate your business and care.
Best regards,
The SpireTech Team