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Hi everyone,
on our tenant we found out that a lot of dataverse Database storage has been moved to File storage. I haven't found any official explanation for this, except of this link, which is just a footnote:
Dataverse capacity-based storage overview - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn

Did anyone else notice this on their tenants? Did you find any other official sources regarding or announcing this?

As I assume this is a permanent change, I'd urge all of you to check your tenant licensing in order not to overpay for the database capacities.

Best regards,

Tim

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Hi @timotejo34,

Yes, this is a real and confirmed change. What you're seeing is the result of two separate Microsoft licensing updates.

December 1, 2025: Microsoft significantly increased default Dataverse database and file storage for most Dynamics 365 and Power Platform licenses. For example, Sales/Customer Service went from 10 GB database / 20 GB file to 30 GB database / 40 GB file per tenant. This was automatically applied to all tenants.
April 15, 2026: A second update specifically for Dynamics 365 Sales Premium added further increases, database from 30 GB to 45 GB and file from 40 GB to 60 GB per tenant (Message Center ID: MC1253515).

The reason some tenants are seeing data shift from database to file storage is that certain data types, particularly email and note attachments, were reclassified. Attachments were always technically file storage but older capacity reporting grouped them under database. The updated model now reports them correctly under file, which explains the apparent shift without any data actually moving.

Your advice about reviewing add-on purchases is spot on. Database storage is priced at approximately $40/GB/month and file at $2/GB/month, so any previously purchased database add-ons should be audited. Go to Power Platform Admin Center > Resources > Capacity to see your current usage vs entitlement per type.

The official sources are the December 2025 and January 2026 Dynamics 365 Licensing Guide updates, plus Microsoft 365 Message Center announcement MC1253515 for the April update.

Best regards,

Valantis

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