<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">To all Faculty, Staff, and Students:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>We are writing to inform you of some important upcoming changes that will affect our Google Drive storage.<br><br>Google has notified all higher-education customers, including SUNY Plattsburgh, that in July 2022 they will be <b>discontinuing our free unlimited Google Drive storage</b>. The new storage model provides a significantly reduced maximum storage capacity for our campus. <br><br>We are currently using more space than will be available in the new model. As such, we have developed a plan to address the issue.<br><br><b>What's changing?</b><br>Alumni accounts will be given quotas, as the Google decision means we are unable to provide them with unlimited space.<br><br><b>Will my storage be impacted?</b><br>No. Active faculty, staff, and students will continue to have unlimited storage.<br><br><b>What actions do I need to take right now?</b><br>You can help us by voluntarily checking your Drive account and deleting all files and folders you no longer need. Follow these steps:<br><ol><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Use <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/quota" target="_blank">Google quota tool</a> to check the amount of space you are using and identify large files.</font></li><li><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Select all files and folders you no longer need, then delete<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> them</span>.</font></li></ol>By reducing your storage space, you are helping us to meet our goal to avoid placing quotas on active student or employee accounts. Over the next year we will be monitoring our space utilization<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">. We will provide </span>additional guidance should further actions be necessary.<br><br><b>Questions?</b><br>Don’t hesitate to contact our Helpdesk. We will be happy to assist<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> you</span>.<br></font><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Phone: 518-564-4433<br></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Toll Free: 800-787-8773<br></font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:helpdesk@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank">helpdesk@plattsburgh.edu</a></font></blockquote><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>Best regards,<br><br>TJ Myers<br>Assistant CIO<br>Coordinator - Computing Systems & Desktop Support<br>Library & Information Technology Services</font></div>
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