PST is an Outlook database file that holds the entire Outlook data, including emails, calendars, contacts, etc. As the migration towards Office 365 is on the rise, many users looks to migrate towards it. This article will bring some of the most useful ways to import PST to Office 365. Making the migration manually may be difficult for many users due to the lack of adequate and right knowledge of the conversion methodologies. So, we have prepared this blog to inform you about some techniques to help you with the conversion.
Why to make PST to Office 365 Migration?
Making the migration from Outlook to Office 365 has many benefits that users look to take advantage of. We have listed some of them which are as follows:-
- Office 365 is a productivity suite offering multiple sets of services, including OneDrive, Skype for business, and many other services.
- User requires saving their data from the PST file into Office to avoid the loss of data due to the corruption in the PST file.
- The data storing capacity limit in the PST files are limited, but in the case of Office 365, users will get good data storage options.
- After migrating the data into Office 365 users can make their available to multiple users, and they can access it even from any remote location.
Methods to migrate PST files into Office 365
Users will have multiple options to import PST to Office 365, which we will look at here in this write-up.
- Network Upload
- Driving Shipping
- Outlook Import/Export
- Third-Party Software
Network Upload
In this migration approach, users need to upload their PST file to the Azure storage location with the help of the AzureAZCopy Tool. After that, mapping of the PST files with the user needs to be done with the help of the CSV file. Once done with the discussed process, the import will start.
Drive Shipping Method
This method prevents users to import their PST files by themselves and enables them to ship the hard drive containing the PST file to any of the Microsoft locations. Once the files reach to their destination, then users will be required to make a payment of approx. 2$ per GB to upload into an Azure location.
It will take more time than any other method to import PST to Office 365, so instead of looking for the third manual method, we will rather introduce one easy and simple way to complete the migration quickly.
Weeom PST to Office 365 Migration Tool
To avoid the limitations of the methods explained here users can look to use the Weeom PST to Office 365 migration tool. The solution helps users to transfer their PST files into their newly created Office 365 mailboxes and also users can use its folder mapping facility to map the folders.
Also, the users can add their multiple large-sized PSTs. Users can migrate them all at one time or else can export one by one. In addition to that, the tool got the data filter option through using it making the migration of only the required data becomes so much convenient.
This software also provides the option to apply for incremental export, which becomes much more beneficial when the user wants to resume the migration. Due to this, the software resumes the migration while only making sure to process the leftover data from the last time migration. Also, in the software preview pane, users can review the data that has been added to the software, which helps ensure that only the correct/needed data go into the migration.
