Do you want to import your Outlook PST files to Office 365? Basically, Office 365 offers quite modern features and tools. Instead, the Outlook desktop client lacks such features.
In fact, you can’t enjoy the web-based functionalities of the Outlook desktop client. That’s why users often prefer using Office 365 Outlook over the Outlook desktop client.
However, the majority of users nowadays want to migrate to Office 365. But they don’t want to lose their existing emails, contacts, attachments, and other data in the Outlook desktop client.
In this article, we will describe the easiest methods to import your existing Outlook PST files to Office 365. Keep reading!
Why import a PST file to Office 365?
Office 365’s reliability and advanced functionalities are the main reasons why users prefer it over the Outlook desktop client or any other email client.
Here are some more common reasons:
- To keep all emails in one place.
- Use cloud storage for easy access and security.
- Store emails on a reliable and easy-to-access platform.
- Protect emails with better backup and security options.
- In order to work better in groups, using Office 365 tools is quite helpful.
- Speed up email access and free up local storage.
- Less work for IT by not needing on-site servers.
How do I import PST file emails and contacts to Office 365?
PST files contain Outlook data, including emails, contacts, attachments, and others. That’s why, by importing the existing PST files into your Office 365 account, you can access all of your data from your old Outlook account.
Here we have discussed several methods for importing PST files to Office 365.
Import PST to Office 365 through Outlook
Before you start importing, make sure you have the PST files in a safer location and that they aren’t corrupted.
- First, open Outlook and sign in with your Microsoft 365 account.
- Then, at the upper-left of the window, click on the “File” menu.
- From the “Open & Export” tab, click on “Import/Export.”
- On the “Import and Export Wizard” window, select the “Import from another program or file” option and click next.
- After that, on the “Import a file” window, select “Outlook data file (.pst)” and click next.
- Click on “Browse” and select the PST file that you want to import. In the “Options” section, select any of the options according to how you want to manage your duplicate items.
- Now select the mailbox you want to import from the drop-down menu. Ensure to tick the “Include Subfolders” checkbox. Also, ensure that the “Import items into the same folder in:” option is selected. Lastly, click Finish.
As a result, Outlook will import all the data from your PST file into your Office 365 account.
Use the Network Upload method to import PST to Office 365
First, sign in to your Microsoft 365 account and make sure that your user account has mailbox Import and Export permission.
- Now, go to “compliance.microsoft.com,” and on the “data lifecycle management” window, click on “New import job.”
- Provide any name for the import job and click next.
- In the “Select the import job type” section, choose the “Upload your data” option and click next.
- Click on “Show network upload SAS URL” and copy it to your clipboard. Then paste it on a notepad or in a safer location.
- Afterwards, click on “Download Azure AzCopy” and download it according to your device compatibility.
- Once the installation of the Azure AzCopy tool is completed, run the “Command Prompt” on your device and run the following commands as shown in the picture below.
- After the upload is completed, tick the “I am done uploading my files” and “I have access to the mapping file” checkboxes and click next.
- Click on “Upload file” and upload the mapping file in CSV format. If you can’t create the mapping file, you can follow Microsoft’s guide.
- After you upload the mapping file, click on “Validate.”
- Once it’s done, you will see the page “Upload to the cloud succeeded.”
That’s it. In this way, you can import your PST files to Office 365.
An automated solution to migrate PST to Office 365
If you use the manual methods, especially the network upload method, you must have enough technical knowledge to complete the import. Besides, the procedure is quite critical.
Therefore, we suggest using the Regain PST to Office 365 Migration software. It’s a completely automated tool, and within a few clicks, you can successfully migrate your PST file emails and other data to Office 365.
- Just install and run the software on your device.
- Then click on “Connect” and sign in to your Office 365 account.
- Next, select your PST files from your device.
- Afterwards, the tool will start migrating your emails and other data from your PST file to your given Office 365 account.
Note: Use Regain Outlook PST Converter tool to convert PST files into MBOX, EML and various other file formats.
Conclusion
In order to import PST to Office 365, you can follow both manual and automated methods.
But when importing PST files with the network upload method, try to get help from experts. However, always try to keep backups of your PSTs to avoid any kind of data loss.