microsoft 365 e5 developer subscription (the '25 x 1 tb' myth)

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoftstorage/microsoft-365-e5-developer-subscriptionJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: Widely cited as 25 TB.
Verdict: fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
Cost: no price stated
Identity: email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported1 source; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	Widely cited as 25 TB. The current FAQ caps developer tenants at 300 GB pooled storage and 10 GB OneDrive per user, with the Developer SKU contributing 0 GB SharePoint in mixed tenants.… unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	email (placeholder) not published
Egress	not recorded
Interface	unknown
Tooling	not recorded

Evidence 1

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/developer-program/microsoft	the text of Free tier, above

More fields 1

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "Widely cited as 25 TB. The current FAQ caps developer tenants at 300 GB pooled storage and 10 GB OneDrive per user, with the Developer SKU contributing 0 GB SharePoint in mixed tenants.…",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown values 8

$.binding_note boilerplate
$.chaining the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.egress.terms the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.interface the access interface was not established
$.per_object_cap.notes the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.per_object_cap.stated the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.retention.stated the record was rejected before this field was looked at
$.tooling the record was rejected before this field was looked at