Google Project Timeline

Storage Limit implementation Phase 1: January 24, 2023

  • Update the Google Workspace SLA to clarify and reflect the new service model
    • All newly created accounts receive a 150 GB quota.
    • All existing accounts are placed into a containment storage limit tier
    • Phase 1 is complete.

Engagement: January 2023 - September 2023

  • Consultations with account holders, or clusters of account holders, above 1 TB
  • Consultations with departments and research groups with large volumes of content
  • Campus engagement with administrative units and departments to develop content management and storage strategies
  • Engagement is currently in progress.

Storage Limit implementation Phase 2: July 5, 2023

  • Final limits finalized and communicated - Target May 16, 2023
  • Update the Google Workspace SLA to reflect the new service model
  • All new accounts and accounts holding less than 35 GB will be assigned a 50 GB limit
  • All accounts holding between 35 GB and 150 GB will be assigned an extended 150 GB limit
  • All accounts holding more than 150 GB will need to reduce storage consumption to be under 150 GB by Autumn 2024
  • Enable Shared Drive creation for all faculty and staff
  • All new Shared Drives start with a 25 GB quota
  • Google Photos will be disabled for all accounts with no Photos content and all newly created accounts
  • Phase 2 is complete.

Storage Limit implementation for Alumni: July 24, 2024

Engagement: September 2023 - Autumn 2024

  • Assessment and assistance for all accounts over the storage limit.
  • Continued consultations with large volume accounts, administrative units, and departments to develop content management and storage strategies
  • Offer workshops to assist with content reduction and group content organization and data management strategies
  • In progress

Quota implementation Phase 3: Autumn 2024

  • Implement final limit of 150GB for all individual accounts

Engagement: January 2024 - Autumn 2024

  • Shared Drives must reduce to final limit of 150 GB
  • SPA My Drives must reduce to final limit of 150 GB
  • Continued consultations with large volume accounts, administrative units, and departments to develop content management and storage strategies
  • Offer workshops to assist with content reduction and group content organization and data management strategies

Completion: Autumn 2024

  • SPA and Shared Drive limits implemented
  • All accounts, including SPAs and Shared Drives must be under the final storage limit.