Moving Office 365 Mailboxes to IMAP Servers - What’s the Best Approach
I’ve recently been looking into scenarios where organizations need to move mailboxes from Microsoft 365 to IMAP based email servers, and I noticed this is still a common requirement in many migrations. In most cases, the challenge is not just moving emails, but making sure everything like folder structure, old emails, and user data stays intact without creating too much disruption for users. From what I’ve seen, doing this manually can get very complex, especially when there are multiple mailboxes or large data volumes involved. That’s where migration tools usually come into the picture. Most tools simplify things by handling: 1. Secure connection to Microsoft 365 accounts 2. Bulk mailbox migration 3. Preserving folder hierarchy 4. Reducing downtime during the move 5. Avoiding duplicate data issues One thing I’ve noticed is that running a small pilot migration first always helps. It gives a clear idea of how the actual migration will behave before moving all users. Has anyone here worked on Office 365 to IMAP migration at scale? Would be good to know what approaches or tools worked best in your case and what challenges you faced during the process.Need to Restore PST Files to Office 365 Mailboxes - What's the Best Approach
Hey everyone, I have a task coming up where I need to restore several PST files back into Office 365 mailboxes. Haven't done this before at this scale and honestly not sure where to begin. I've looked at Microsoft's native import service through Purview but I have a few concerns: Some of the PST files are quite large — not sure how well it handles that I need to restore only specific folders for some users, not the entire PST I'm worried about data consistency after the restore Would prefer something that doesn't require too many admin roles or complex setup For those who have done PST to Office 365 restores — what approach worked best for you? Any tools, tips, or things to watch out for that you wish you knew before starting?
Publish an Excel Add-in by just submitting the add-in manifest to Microsoft Marketplace
I am working on Excel Add-in built using the react template. We are planning to host the add-in code on our domain and update the manifest to point to the URL for our domain. Can I just submit the add-in manifest to Microsoft to publish it in Microsoft Marketplace?
I haven't seen anyone talking about this online store
There is this office and windows key store called esd codes and they sell office keys. They seem legit since they're affiliated with Microsoft and they have mostly positive reviews but I the description of every office key and I mean every has a note stating "if office (literally every single one) version is not available, you will receive the Professional Plus version at the same price" which they are trying to make it look like an upgrade but from what I searched the professional plus versions are bought in bulk by big companies and organizations and after they stop being updated they are being sold for cheap probably by employees. I have found multiple for less than 2 or even 1 buck and I feel they are scamming people.
How to extract data from Word tables into Excel
Thx！And I was dealing with a bunch of old Word forms filled out over the past decade – inconsistent fields, messy tables. I need to extract the data for each field into Excel for analysis and processing. Is there a good way to do this? I heard about this tool from a friend. Has anyone here used it? Is it good? https://chestnuttable.vercel.app/Ignite 2024: Are you ready for Office 2016/2019 end of support?
At this year’s Ignite conference, I had the pleasure of teaming up with Microsoft 365 deployment expert Eric Wayne to dig into the details of how to prepare your organization for the end of support for Office 2016, Office 2019, and their related servers and standalone apps, coming up on October 14, 2025. Missed Ignite? Watch the full session recording to help kickstart your upgrade today. You will learn: The best upgrade paths for Office suites, servers, and standalones facing end of support, How to identify and remove older versions of Office and make a smooth transition to Microsoft 365, and Where to turn if you need more help. October 2025 is just around the corner, and now is the time to act. If your organization is still using 2016 or 2019 versions of Office, Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, Project, or Visio, now is the time to start your migration to a supported solution. Starting your move to Microsoft 365 as soon as possible will help keep your organization secure, compliant, and productive through 2025 and beyond. Over the coming months, we’ll continue to provide additional resources and guidance to help you and your organization smoothly navigate next year’s end of support milestones. After you’ve watched the Ignite session, here are a few great places to go next: Prepare your organization for October 2025 end of support events (Microsoft Ignite Learning Collection) Products reaching end of support on October 14, 2025 (Microsoft Lifecycle site) Plan an upgrade from older versions of Office to Microsoft 365 Apps (Microsoft Learn) Need more personalized guidance? Consider requesting migration assistance from FastTrack, reach out to your Microsoft account team, or fill out this form to get in touch with sales and have a specialist demonstrate how Microsoft 365 can benefit your organization.
