If you are looking for a solution to migrate PST to Office 365 then this blog will defiantly help you to import PST emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, etc items to Office 365. Here we are going to describe a perfect solution to easily do this migration.
Office 365 provides many functionalities to make users & data management easy for organizations. Currently, there are many organizations that want to switch from local email clients to cloud-based services. But migrate local data to the cloud is not an easy task it will complications for you one such migration is PST to Office 365. However, Microsoft provides methods to perform this task, but these methods are quite a complication and so here we will describe an easy and direct method.
Before moving to the migration process let’s consider user query –
“Our organization moved into cloud Office 365, but previously we have used Outlook email application for sending & receiving business emails. After moving to the Office 365 cloud our primary concern is how to migrate PST files data to Office 365. So please suggest a method to do this task.”
Let’s start from the manual methods.
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Manual Method to Migrate PST to Office 365
There are two manual methods provided by Microsoft –
1 – Network Upload.
2 – Drive Shipping.
Network Upload: In this method, we have to follow five steps to successfully import PST data to Office 365 mailbox. Following are the steps –
1: Copy the SAS URL and Install AzCopy.
2: Upload PST file to Microsoft 365.
3: View a list of PST files uploaded.
4: Create the PST import mapping file.
5: Create a PST import job.
6: Filter data and start the PST import job.
Drive Shipping: In the drive shipping method we have to copy the PST file to a hard drive and then we have to physically ship the drive to Microsoft. After receiving the drive, Microsoft will copy the data of the Hard-drive to the storage area in the Microsoft cloud.
These methods are complicated, lengthy, and also you need technical knowledge to perform the migration. If you face any complication while performing PST to Office 365 migration with these methods then you have to move on to the second method which is described below.
Direct Method to Import PST to Office 365 Mailbox
The automated migration tool is a direct & easy way to migrate PST data to Office 365 user mailbox. There are many tools available, but you have to select the right software in which you can migrate PST to Office 365 without any data loss. So, as per the expert’s suggestions, we would like to recommend DataHelp PST to Office 365 migration tool. This tool will import multiple PST files with emails, contacts, calendars, etc items to Office 365 users account. Get to know the highlighted features of this tool –
1: The tool will migrate emails, contacts, calendars, tasks from PST to Office 365 users mailbox.
2: No file restriction – it will migrate large PST file/files to Office 365.
3: Provides a date-based filter option to migrate selective data.
4: Support PST file of Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003.
5: Maintain folder hierarchy & data integrity after PST to Office 365 migration.
6: Support selective & bulk migration of PST file.
7: Admin logins not required, you can migrate PST to Office 365 with users logins.
Conclusion
Many organizations are moved to Office 365 cloud, but to maintain continuity of work they need old emails into Office 365, but the complication of local to Office 365 cloud migration makes this task impossible for users. Therefore in this article, we have explained methods to simplify the complication of PST to Office 365 migration. As per expert suggestions, we would like to suggest you automated migration tool.
