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Changes to Google storage

As announced previously, Google is planning a substantial change to its service offering. Unlimited storage for the academic community will end July 2022. The new storage model will provide Truman with less free storage than the campus consumes today. In order to ensure that the free storage allocated to Truman is being used appropriately, a usage quota will be placed on each user account, and in accordance with our network storage policy, former students will lose their ability to store files on Google Drive and Google Photos.

Up until this time, former students had unlimited storage for Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.  With the upcoming storage limit changes, we will be removing Drive, Doc, and Photo access for former students but former students will continue to maintain their Truman Gmail access.

Timeline:

  1. In the spring an email was sent to the affected individuals informing them that they needed to move their files off to another location by May 31st, 2022 should they want to keep them.
  2. On June 1, 2022, access to Google Drives, Docs, and Photos applications was removed for all former students.
  3. The final file deletion will take place at the end of June, 2022.

If you have any questions about this notice, please contact the IT Help Desk at (660) 785-4544, or you may contact dliss@truman.edu.

 

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