1. A method for use in configuring data storage for electronic mail application, the method comprising: providing a user interface to allow a user to issue a data storage configuration request to provision storage for an email application, the user interface being customized based on a user sophistication level, wherein the user sophistication level is selectable by the user from a set of user sophistication levels comprising first and second user sophistication levels, the first user sophistication level corresponding to greater automation and less detail than the second user sophistication level; and based on the data storage configuration request, communicating with a service provider to implement the data storage configuration request, the implementing of the data storage configuration request comprising allocating storage for storing mailbox data of the email application.