{
  "id": 3854214,
  "title": "This company wants to help universities get around Microsoft 365's extra costs as it moves away from unlimited cloud storage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/this-company-wants-to-help-universities-get-around-microsoft-365s",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/this-company-wants-to-help-universities-get-around-microsoft-365s-extra-costs-as-it-moves-away-from-unlimited-cloud-storage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Arcitecta, a Melbourne-based data management firm, has introduced Mediaflux Connect 365 to assist universities transitioning away from Microsoft 365's costly storage solutions. The new tool scans universities' OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams data, identifying and relocating it to more affordable on-premises options or alternative cloud storage providers before Microsoft begins charging overage fees as of December 2026. Overage costs could result in universities paying up to $360,000 per petabyte of storage per year, a significant increase from the recent elimination of Microsoft's unlimited storage offering. Mediaflux Connect 365 takes effect immediately, helping institutions identify and migrate data before costs escalate. By moving data to a third party, universities could potentially save up to 90% on storage expenses.",
  "summary": "Microsoft's free unlimited education storage is gone, and Arcitecta is the latest vendor selling universities the exit ramp they need.",
  "key_points": [
    "Arcitecta's Mediaflux Connect 365 helps universities reduce Microsoft 365 storage costs.",
    "Tool scans and relocates data to on-premises or alternative cloud storage before overage fees.",
    "Potential savings of up to 90% on storage expenses by moving data to third party."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Universities stand to save significantly on storage expenses by using Arcitecta's Mediaflux Connect 365 to migrate data away from Microsoft 365's costly storage solutions before overage fees kick in.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}