How to Export Office 365 to Outlook PST?


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Trick to export emails from Office 365 to Outlook 2019

Exporting data from cloud-based services such as MS Office 365 to Outlook is not a child's play task. It needs proper attention and a reliable solution to complete the export. Office 365 and MS Outlook both are well-known email clients across the globe. Due to the insecurity of database or moving to desktop-based clients arise need for users to export Office 365 emails to MS Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, 2007, etc. With this post, we are explaining a simple trick to complete the export in a few minutes.

Prime reasons to export emails from Office 365 to Microsoft Outlook

There could be plenty of reasons to export Office 365 emails to MS Outlook but the primary reasons are –

Backup– Cloud-based applications are convenient to store emails and other data online to access the data anytime but it has demerits also like data loss possibilities are high in cloud platforms due to hacking, viruses, etc. Therefore, to save your crucial data, taking backup of Office 365 emails is the best option.

Archiving– Cloud applications allow less storage space as these come with subscription packages. If you are facing storage issues, you need to upgrade your subscription or delete some items to get more free space. At that point of time, Archiving is the best practice.

Manual technique to export Office 365 emails to Outlook

Before you proceed ahead, make sure your system meets some requirements –

  • Should have 32/64-bit versions of Windows
  • Microsoft .net framework 4.5 should be installed
  • Internet Explorer 8 and later versions should be present in the system

Steps

  • Login to Office 365 account
  • Go to the Admincenter and click on Exchange
  • Go to Permissions – Admin Rolesand select Discovery Management
  • Click on Add Mailbox Import Exportrole under Discovery Management
  • Go back to Admin center, click on Compliance Managementand opt for in-place eDiscovery and hold.
  • Click on "+" sign and create a new search query by providing name and description of the search query and click Next
  • Under Mailboxes, opt for the options as per your requirements. Click Next.
  • Under search query, give details for searching items and click Next
  • Now In-Place Holdsettings, you can perform in-place hold of search items
  • Finally, move to Compliance management and hit the arrow button to export Office 365 emails. It will download the PST Export Tool to export the mailboxes.
  • To save the exported PST file, browse the location in eDiscovery PST Export Tool
  • Click start to begin the process
  • Here you can access PST file by adding it to an existing profile in MS Outlook

Demerits of manual approach

  • The manual method is a complicated task
  • It becomes tedious and confusing for non-technical users
  • It demands proper knowledge to perform the migration

An alternate approach to export Office 365 emails to MS Outlook

As we discussed drawbacks of the manual solution so it becomes tough for a non-technical person to perform such a complicated task. Therefore, it is advised to pick third-party tool such as Softaken Office 365 to Outlook Exporter. The application exports the database swiftly and needs no technical expertise to operate it.

The process of exporting emails from Office 365 to Outlook with the software is as follows –

  • Run the software and enter credentials of Office 365 account
Enter Credentials
  • This will connect with Office 365 account. View all items and specify a folder or all folder to export.
Your office 365 account
  • Select PST in Export Options
  • Go to the Browse button and add a location to save the exported database
Browse destination location
  • Finally, hit the Process Nowbutton
The Verge

In this post, we have discussed solutions to export Office 365 emails to Outlook. You can find a manual as well as a professional solution. If you find the manual approach tough so you can simply move to the software solution which is quick, reliable, and easy to operate. You can check the application with a demo version and in case of any troubles, freely connect to our support team.

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