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Outlook PST Export Question
Hello I have a question about how Outlook handles exporting a PST file for a very large mailbox. If I were to export a attached shared mailbox that is 103GB big, does Outlook portion it out in 10GB chunks the way it does by using the Exchange "New-MailboxExportRequest" does? I am having a hard time getting our Exchange Online admin to fulfill this request so I am wondering if I have it added to my account with Full Access can I just export it myself and have it create consecutive .PST files until the entire mailbox contents are exported? Not having luck Googleing this.
Thanks in advance!
charlie4872 the bad news is no, Outlook will not be able to split the .PST, it just exports as a single .PST
You could look to use a eDiscovery and export a date range to then get the pst size down.
I know third party tools also can do this though have not tried these my self so cant recommend one
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charlie4872 The Unicode PST file created by Microsoft Outlook 2013 or 2016 has the maximum size limit of 50 GB. So if you're looking for a way to import a PST file whose size is around 100 GB, you need to increase the Outlook mailbox size limit.
Try this below link step by step on how to increase the limit....
https://wordpress.semnaitik.com/increase-outlook-mailbox-size/
Thanks for the response PDostiyar What I am looking to do is Export a .PST and am wondering if it will create separate .PST files when exporting a large mailbox from Outlook. I know when doing the "New-MailboxExportRequest" powershell command in Exchange online it creates 10GB .PST files until the whole mailbox is exported. I just dont know if Outlook does the same thing.
charlie4872 the bad news is no, Outlook will not be able to split the .PST, it just exports as a single .PST
You could look to use a eDiscovery and export a date range to then get the pst size down.
I know third party tools also can do this though have not tried these my self so cant recommend one
