Microsoft 365 - Emeriti, Honored Retiree, & Grace-Access Employees

NOTE: The content of this article is only applicable to emeritus, honored retirees, and academic staff who are between contracts.
This is not applicable to staff, faculty, and academic staff on contract.

What changes about my Microsoft 365 license when my employment status changes?

Emeriti, Honored Retirees, and employees in grace-access (academic staff between contracts) will be assigned M365 A1 licenses. These licenses have different limits and available features, detailed in the sections below.

Feature/Storage Changes

Microsoft 365 desktop applications (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, etc,) will no longer be available. The "online" versions of Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint will still be available, and may be accessed via https://m365.cloud.microsoft, logging in with your UWRF account.
Mailboxes quotas will be a maximum of 50GB, reduced from 100GB.
OneDrive quotas will be a maximum of 100GB, reduced from 1TB.

What do I need to do to prepare?

Check your storage usage to ensure that you are below the limits outlined above.
- Check OneDrive storage usage: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/manage-your-onedrive-for-work-or-school-storage-31519161-059c-4764-b6f8-f5cd29f7fe68
- Check your Outlook storage usage: In Outlook online, Settings > General > Storage

What happens if I am over the storage limits?

If you are over the limit for Outlook, you will no longer be able to send or receive email until your mailbox is under the storage limit. Messages sent to your account will be bounced with a message stating "mailbox full" while your account is over the storage limit.
If you are over the limit for OneDrive, you will not be able to edit, upload, or modify files on OneDrive until you are under the OneDrive storage limit. If you stay over the OneDrive storage limit for 6 months, your OneDrive content may be subject to deletion.