Google stores Google documents for free (they do not consume storage space on Google Drive).
Does OneDrive has a similar policy?
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Sign up to join this communityIt does not appear that Microsoft has a policy like that. I just tested it by uploading a Word document to my OneDrive account, and my used storage amount went up.