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Outlook PST Export Question
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
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
Thanks for the reply Willjmoo So Outlook would just export on large 100GB .PST file that would probably be unusable correct? My thinking is if I were to do this in Outlook I would just select individual folders If needed and that would be one workaround to get smaller .PST files. Otherwise I agree the best way to do this would be to have the Exchange admin team do the export. Just wanted to confirm.
Thanks.
