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Dynamics 365 and Power Platform customers benefit from Dataverse storage capacity increase

19 Jan 2026  |  Mike Smith, Marketing Manager

Microsoft increased Microsoft Dataverse storage in December 2025, giving customers more storage without increasing costs

The increase in Dataverse storage has provided a welcome boost for organisations using Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.

Microsoft Dataverse provides the underlying data layer of Microsoft’s Business Applications such as Microsoft Power Platform (including Microsoft Power Apps) and Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Microsoft Dataverse is essentially a cloud database on Microsoft Azure that offers a centralised and structured data storage solution. It helps maintains data integrity, supports complex relationships and queries, and is accessible to Microsoft apps and many non-Microsoft apps through connectors.

Why has Dataverse storage increased?

Microsoft increased the default Dataverse Database capacities for both Power Platform licences and Dynamics 365 licenses in December 2025, citing AI as a driver for the increase.

In their announcement, Microsoft noted how more customers are using AI within Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, which consequently increases metadata, solution artefacts and contextual data.

Therefore, to meet the needs of customers who felt the traditional storage capacities were insufficient for such workloads, Microsoft have responded by increasing storage – providing a welcome change for many businesses.

Customer Engagement (Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Service, Field Service, Contact Centre)

Since the 1st of December 2025, Microsoft has increased the tenant level default Dataverse capacity that comes with Customer Engagement licences from 10 GB to 30 GB for database and from 20 GB to 40 GB for file storage. This is a one time default entitlement per tenant.

Power Platform

For Power Apps Premium, the tenant level default Dataverse capacity is now 20 GB database and 40 GB file; for the per app/workload tier (e.g., Power Apps per app), the default is 15 GB database and 20 GB file. As with Customer Engagement, these are one time per tenant defaults determined by your highest tier product.

Please note, however, that the Power Apps per App licences have suddenly been discontinued in the latest Licensing Guide stating: “The Power Apps per App Plan was removed from the January 2026 licensing guide and is no longer available for new purchases.” New purchases will require either Power Apps Premium or Pay-As-You-Go but existing customers will not be impacted and can continue to use and renew their Power Apps per app subscription – you can read more here.

What does this mean for most businesses using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform?

When asked about the increases in storage, Ben Davies Head of New Business at Chorus said:

The increase in standard Dataverse capacity is really positive for customers. It gives organisations more flexibility from day one and reduces the likelihood that they’ll need to purchase extra storage as they grow. For many, this will simply mean better value and lower overall costs when adopting Dataverse. It’s a welcome and customer‑focused improvement from Microsoft.

Ben Davies, Head of New Business

How can customers benefit from the increase in storage?

Customers using Microsoft Business Applications can benefit from this increased storage right away, using it to support your existing workloads or to innovate with new AI-assisted scenarios if storage capacity was previously a barrier to you doing so.

How can Chorus help with Microsoft Dataverse?

Chorus has a deep expertise in Microsoft Dataverse and is a long-established provider of Microsoft Dynamics 365 consultancy and Power Platform consultancy services.

We help organisations get the maximum value from Microsoft Dataverse, helping organisations with licensing advice and consulting services as well as hands-on technical development and implementation.

Get in touch to do more with Microsoft Dataverse today.

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