Hello Administrator,

We will be implementing a new pooled storage model for Google Workspace for
Education starting in July 2022, for all existing customers.

The purpose of this email is to help you understand the new storage policy.

What does this mean for my organization?

New Google Workspace for Education Storage Policy

In July 2022, the new storage model will provide educational organizations with a baseline of
100 TB of pooled cloud storage shared across all of your users. For reference, 100 TB accounts
for more than enough storage for over 100 million docs, 8 million presentations or 400,000
hours of video. This model also allows storage to be easily managed across the entire domain,
offering institutions better control over their storage experience on Google Workspace for
Education.

You also have the option to purchase upgraded Google Workspace for Education editions,
including Education Plus or the Teaching and Learning Upgrade, which both add storage
capacity to your existing baseline pool. If you’re interested in piloting or purchasing the new
Workspace for Education editions, please connect with your Google for Education point of
contact or your preferred Workspace for Education partner.

Customers who sign a three-year Education Plus contract in 2021 or customers currently on
legacy Education Plus full-domain subscriptions (G Suite Enterprise for Education) who
continue to renew their subscription through 2023 will have an additional 18 months after July
2022 (through EOY 2023) to use as much storage as they need.

What do I need to do?

We strongly recommend you calculate your domain storage so you can decide whether
purchasing a new Workspace for education edition is the right choice for you.

You can complete this action by using the new storage report and calculator for domain super
admins to provide better visibility into storage use. This tool will reflect both your current
estimated storage utilization and anticipated pooled storage allocation based on the monthly
active users and licenses at your institution. You will be also able to adjust certain variables in
these reports (eg. users or Education Plus licenses, etc) to model future scenarios. For more
information on storage across your organization, please also see our Drive Storage FAQs.

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What’s Coming Later This Year?

1. We are offering additional free storage to support larger institutions.

Later this year, customers with more than 20,000 enrolled students, faculty, and staff or
customers with more than 20,000 monthly active users on Google Workspace for
Education will be able to request an increase in pooled storage. We will provide
instructions later this year on this process and will work with you to help manage your
storage needs. No action is required at this time.
2. Storage management functionality will be added to the admin console.
This will allow you to set user contribution limits on a per user, group, or organization
basis. When it launches, you will also be able to view your largest storage users and
delete shared drives from the admin console. Learn about steps you can take today to
prepare for these changes.

We’re here to help

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact Google Workspace support. When you
call or submit your support case, reference issue number 172277657.

Sincerely,

The Google Workspace for Education Team

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