In this blog post I tried to compile a list of boundaries available for SharePoint online, OneDrive and Microsoft lists. Below chart shows the recent boundaries and limits in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
| SharePoint Online | OneDrive for Business | Microsoft Lists | |
| File Size limit | 250 GB | 250 GB | |
| List Item Attachment limit | 250 MB | – | 250 MB |
| File Name Length (full Path) | 400 characters | 400 characters | |
| No. of Items / Documents and Folders | 30 M | 30 M | 30 M |
| No. of documents recommended for good performance | 300,000 | 300,000 | |
| Document Sync limit | 20000 | 20000 | Coming soon |
| Files within Zip | 20 GB | 20 GB | |
| Invalid characters | ~ ” # % & * : < > ? / \ { | } | ~ ” # % & * : < > ? / \ { | } | |
| Invalid file or folder names | .lock, CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0 – COM9, LPT0 – LPT9, _vti_, desktop.ini, | .lock, CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM0 – COM9, LPT0 – LPT9, _vti_, desktop.ini, | |
| Sharing limit | 50000 per folder | 50000 per folder | |
| List view threshold | 5000 | 5000 | 5000 |
| No. of Versions per Document /Item | 50,000 Major and 511 Minor versions | 50,000 Major and 511 Minor versions | 50000 Major versions |
If you know any further boundaries, please share with us to update the above listing.
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Adnan is six time Microsoft MVP (Since 2015) with over 16 years of extensive experience with major expertise on SharePoint, SharePoint based development, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, .Net Platform and Microsoft BI. He is currently working Sr Microsoft Consultant at Olive + Goose. He is MCT Regional Lead for Pakistan Chapter since 2012. He is working on SharePoint for past 12 years and worked on different intranet/intranet solutions for private & govt. sector majorly in United states and Gulf region and have experience of working with multiple Fortune 500 companies. He is a trainer, technology evangelist and also speaks in community forums.
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