There's an accompanying article about these changes with some frequently asked questions (FAQs).
users also will get free technical support if they also are Office 365 Home/Personal users. 30 blog post that announced all these changes. Now, storage limits will go up to 50GB for users with mailbox sizes of 12GB or larger, according to Microsoft's Oct. In terms of mailbox storage limits, users currently get 15GB of email storage, while Office 365 Home and Personal users get 50GB. One caveat: Users with Connected Accounts that add access to an or other third-party account from won't have these advanced security features applied to these additional accounts.
Office 365 Home and Personal subscribers also will automatically will have their attachments scanned for potential malware threats, as well as links checked to try to head off fake sites downloading viruses or malware.
The rollout already has begun but may take about a month for everyone who qualifies to get the new features, according to Microsoft.įor those users who also are Office 365 Home/Personal subscribers, will now be free of banner ads, as well as ads in the message list (a k a "native ads"). In order to qualify for these new benefits, users must also be subscribers to either Office 365 Home or Personal.
Microsoft is starting to roll out to Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal subscribers some premium capabilities for their accounts for free.Īmong the features that these users of Microsoft's consumer-focused Office 365 users are getting right off the bat are ad-free inboxes, enhanced malware and phishing protection for, larger mailbox sizes, and free premium customer support.