An Enterprise Data Dictionary / Business Glossary solution using SharePoint Online

Hi everyone!
I have a requirement to create a metadata repository (data dictionaries of various SQL, Oracle and DB2 databases) and a business glossary of terms and associate the database columns in the various data dictionaries to the business terms. I also want to allow
data stewards to update their respective dictionaries/terms. It would be nice if there is a way to extract the metadata and update it directly and automatically from the various databases instead of manually copied and re-copied. Also, the end product needs
to be seen by all internal enterprise users and maybe even outside ones.
How can I implement this in SharePoint online/Office365?

Hi Simon. Group file storage is different to OneDrive for Business storage. With OneDrive for Business storage each user in your organisation receives 1TB of personal storage (assuming they have the appropriate licence). For Group files, storage is automatically
taken from your SharePoint Online team site pooled storage.
Check this article for confirmation of your OneDrive for Business storage allocation and group storage:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/SharePoint-Online-software-boundaries-and-limits-8f34ff47-b749-408b-abc0-b605e1f6d498
SharePoint Online team sites have a sync limit of 5,000 (20,000 for OneDrive for Business). I would think the group files sync limit would be 5,000, too.
If a user has their account removed you can still access their files for up to a certain period of time and assign yourself as administrator of their OneDrive for Business to get access to those files. Check out this post:
http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/148/t/343555.aspx
Group files are referenced under the small business premium plan here so I would expect they are available for your plan:
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/SharePoint-Online-software-boundaries-and-limits-8f34ff47-b749-408b-abc0-b605e1f6d498
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