Good news for those of you that are using Google Apps for business. Beginning May 28th, 2013 you’ll get 30 GB of unified storage to use as you like between Drive and Gmail. Just as before, files created in Docs, Sheets and Slides don’t count against your storage quota.

With this new combined storage, you can use your storage how you need to. Gmail inboxes for Google Apps customers are no longer limited to 25 GB — any additional storage you purchase can be shared and used by Gmail. Or alternatively, if you’re only using a few gigabytes of email storage, but have a lot of large documents and files stored in Google Drive, you can now use your storage primarily for Drive.

Below is the original email from Google:

Hello Google Apps administrator,

Here’s important news: Google storage quota is being unified across Gmail and Drive.

Beginning May 28th, 2013, Google will change to a new, simpler allowance for storage—one that’s combined across Gmail and Drive. We’re replacing the current, separate storage allowances—25GB for Gmail and 5GB for Drive—with a single 30GB quota that will cover Gmail, Drive and Google+ Photos.

Should users need more than the 30GB quota, they can purchase additional Drive storage using the existing ordering points, and the higher allowance will continue to be spread across all of these services.

This update is expected to roll out to Rapid Release domains beginning May 28th, 2013, and to Scheduled Release domains starting June 11th, 2013.

Here’s how the change will affect your users:

• Each user will have a total of 30GB of included storage that can be used across Gmail, Drive and Google+ Photos.

• Users who needed extra storage under the old plans may no longer require it. For example, a Gmail user with just 3GB of email stored will be able to store up to 27GB of files in Drive without a need to license additional storage.

• Gmail inboxes are no longer limited to 25GB. Each user can store up to 16TB of email by purchasing additional storage licenses.

• As before, when users approach their storage quota, additional storage should be purchased to continue using Drive and Gmail normally.

• Also as before, files created in Docs, Sheets and Slides, as well as photos in Google+ smaller than 2048px, won’t count against storage quota.

For more information, please take a look at the FAQ and Help Center. And feel free to contact Google Apps support if you have any questions or need further assistance (you can find contact information on the Support tab in your Admin console).

Thank you,

The Google Apps Team