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glr57
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Jun 13, 2019

Do all versions of 365 support importing PST files from Outlook desktop?

I wish to migrate email from Outlook / Office Pro 2013 to Office 365.  I am hopeful the version I select can support both an Outlook email address as well as non-microsoft email such as gmail.   I ...
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glr57
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Jun 17, 2019

VasilMichev my goal is to move my email from my desktop to the cloud.  I installed a trial of the Personal version of Office 365 but did not find a path that would enable me to upload a PST file.

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Deleted
Jun 17, 2019

Higlr57 

 

 

Why don't you upload the PST files via Office365 portal?

 

  1. Go to https://protection.office.com/ and sign in using the credentials for an administrator account in your Office 365 organization.

  2. In the left pane of the Security & Compliance Center, click Data governance > Import.

  3. On the Import page, click  + New import job.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/securitycompliance/use-network-upload-to-import-pst-files

 

Thank you

Dav,

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    adam deltinger
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    Jun 17, 2019
    It was a personal subscription..

    Just add a pst to desktop outlook and copy the files/folders from it over to your Office 365 mailbox
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      Deleted
      Jun 17, 2019

      Hiadam deltinger 

       

      Unfortunately, it was not mentioned on the main topic / post. I thought user is talking about production and scale move.

       

      I agree that for a single PST move to cloud for persoanl account, best option would be to import the PST file to Outlook and create a new folder on the mailbox and move the PST content gradually to the folder on the mailbox. It might take some time but it also depens on the internet connection and the size of the PST file.

       

      Thank you

      Dav,

       

       

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        glr57
        Copper Contributor
        Jun 20, 2019

        Deleted  Fellas, I very much appreciate your willingness to help.  Yes, this is a personal account.  My desktop version of email is Outlook within Office 2013.  I have a number of folders such as Home, Vacation, Mom, etc.  I wish to duplicate all of the Outlook folders and contents to a cloud version of 365.

         

        Regrettably I am unclear on some of the responses.

         

        @Dav1988 advises to "import the PST file to Outlook".  I know how to export from Outlook but don't understand what is meant by import the PST to outlook.

         

        The second tip is to "create a new folder on the mailbox and move the PST content gradually to the folder on the mailbox".  I'll guess that means to create a folder within the cloud version of 365 called Vacation, for example, and then from the desktop Outlook open my Vacation folder, copy all of the contents and then paste into the cloud version.  Am I interpreting your guidance correctly?

         

        Thank you all for any clarification you can provide.

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