How to upload archive on Exchange online?
I have office 365 subscription with exchange online. And the PST has been uploaded to exchange online and everything works great now. BUT I got archive to upload on exchange online and need bit of help.
How would I do that? Will it mess up with the uploaded PST?
How would I do that? Will it mess up with the uploaded PST?
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But If I import the Archive pst into same then it will merge into the existing PST. I would like to keep it seperate. As it used to show me Main PST and Archive.
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Sounds like importing the emails into Office 365 then changing your Retention Policy would be the way to go, as outlined by Gareth above.
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thank you Gareth and question for VB ITS, once I import the archive PST into existing PST the way you mention. Will it import in a seperate folder the way its in Archive. Not under Archive folder though.
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You can import directly in the Archive mailbox. On the last page of the Import wizard you will have the option to select the Archive mailbox as destination under "Import items into the same folder in:". If you need to do this for more users, you can use PST Capture or 3rd party tools to automate the process.
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Thank you for your quick support.
As you haven't specified the version of Outlook you are using I'll give you the steps for Outlook 2013:
- In the main Outlook window click on File on the top left corner
- Click Open & Export then click Import/Export
- Leave the default selection of Import from another program or file then click Next
- Select Outlook Data File (.pst) in the Select file type to import from prompt then click Next
- Click the Browse... button to locate your PST file that you want to upload into Office 365
- Select what you want to do with duplicate items then click Next
- The options you select in the next window are very important:
B) Tick the Include subfolders box
C) Select your Office 365 account in the Import items into the same folder in dropdown menu - this will ensure that any items in the PST file get merged into the same folders in your Office 365 mailbox
Once the import has finished you'll then need to wait to let the new emails sync to Office 365. You can log into webmail to verify that the emails from your archive file has been uploaded correctly.
No, the above process won't do this as the import process is copying the contents into your Office 365 mailbox. You can even re-run the import if you really wanted to.