Hello, Paul.
The current version of the Connector apps (Connect for Google Drive, Office 365, OneDrive, Dropbox and Box) were updated late in January, 2019. There are new replacement apps: Connect 2.0 for Google Drive, Connect 2.0 for Office 365, Connect 2.0 for OneDrive, Connect 2.0 for Dropbox and Connect 2.0 for Box. These apps are available under the Cloud Storage category in App Gallery.
As you mentioned, the apps are now chargeable. The team has been considering the move to chargeable apps for quite some time. They have spent a lot of time benchmarking our solutions against other providers. The competitive analysis has always supported charging for the apps. The launch of App Gallery v5.0 and the introduction of an eCommerce solution has made it possible for the Apps team to begin charging for apps.
The existing cloud apps will remain available to Channel Partners until later in the year, August 2019. After that, the free version of the apps will be retired and will no longer be available to install. Installed apps will continue to work at the device, but they will no longer be supported.
There have been some changes introduced with the 2.0 version of the apps. Some of those differences are; updated logos, ADFS support for the Office 365 and OneDrive apps and the option to integrate with a Single Sign-On solution.
I hope that this information is helpful, but please let me know if you'd still like a contact name.
Thank you,
XAS Moderator
