Forum Discussion
Migrating Shared Mailbox to O365 Group?
If we have a shared mailbox, lets say a years worth of history of emails, several folders in it, and we want to "migrate" over to an O365 Group:
- Does the conversations/inbox of a group have folder capabilities like a Shared Mailbox?
- Can you drag and drop/copy old emails into the group somehow?
- Can you drag and drop/copy conversations into your mailbox somehow?
I had assumed the Group conversations acted like a shared mailbox, but now that we are testing it out, I dont really see that at all.
That's a no on all questions. If you are used to the way you dealt with messages in the shared mailbox, stick with it. If you want to add some group-based functinality, such as Planner, you will have to adapt to the conversation based style groups use, and forget about (sub)folders, rules, categories, etc.
That's a no on all questions. If you are used to the way you dealt with messages in the shared mailbox, stick with it. If you want to add some group-based functinality, such as Planner, you will have to adapt to the conversation based style groups use, and forget about (sub)folders, rules, categories, etc.
- These are really good questions I would like also to know...I thik the answer to most of them is no, but I would like a confirmation from someone of the team or the Groups gurus over here
- Was a bit suprised by the answers, much of the marketing I've seen referred to a group as getting a shared mailbox, which I read to mean a "shared mailbox", might be better to refer to it as like a "shared conversation list" or something.
I am a little confused about the answers here. It seems to me the ,air function of office365 groups and shared mailboxes are the same.
That is a mailbox that can be accessible between multiple users. Okay groups don't support folders and rules. I don't currently have that in my shared mailbox, I have to believe there is some migration path from shared mailbox to office 365 groups.
- The reality is that there is not such a migration path...for now Microsoft has only provided a way to migrate from distribution lists to Groups but not from Shared mailboxes to Groups. See this: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Migrate-distribution-lists-to-Office-365-Groups-Admin-help-787d7a75-e201-46f3-a242-f698162ff09f?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US
Understood, just a little crazy. I did find a good enough solution for me. Mount the group mailbox as a shared folder in OWA and then drag and drop. I have very little groups. And just simple mailbox, no subfolders, etc.
