Jan 24 2018 08:45 AM
Jan 24 2018 08:45 AM
Is there anyway to migrate an IMAP mailbox to a shared inbox? I've seen a solution where the Shared Inbox gets assigned a licence, is migrated, then unlicenced. Is this the only way to do it without generating a PST file?
Jan 24 2018 10:02 AM
You can through IMAP just you do for a normal mailbox migrate a mailbox.
You need the credentials from the source mailbox and the emailadress from the shared mailbox. With an CSV file you can do the rest.
Aug 14 2019 10:12 AM
@Maurits Knoppertthanks for you answer. SO the only way to do this is with a CSV file and not using the migration tool built into the admin portal?
Ta
Robin
Aug 28 2019 01:15 AM
Hello Robin,
Is the IMAP mailbox in the same tenant as the Shared MAilbox? If yes then you can update a mailbox to a shared mailbox otherwise you need the migration with a CSV file.
Jan 06 2020 06:46 AM
I have the same request! i have 20 odd IMAP 1emails (Cpanel type) and want to consolidate the domain and email into office 365
i have done the domain portion...all good! next
as i understand it, you can migrate imap only to a the extra same email box so:
user1@email.com ---> user1@email.com
and you need a real email on office365 side - so you have to buy or assign a license.
and only after days of syncing and waiting for the migratation to give "sucess" then you can convert that email to a shared email - you can then remove the license you bought! oh and as i understand it you can't remove the user that is attach to the shared email account - so you end up with user accounts that you don't necessarily need
what i would like to see is:
user1@email.com,user2@email.com,user3@email.com --> oldusers@email.com (shared)
Apr 08 2020 01:50 PM
@tunesteve Just a quick reply. Never delete the user attached to the shared mailbox. It's needed to make the mailbox work.
As for needing licenses to migrate IMAP to a Shared Mailbox. I start with a trial license. Most of the time my customers are using the Business Premium license, so I also add the 25 trial licenses. So I have a month with 25+ licenses to migrate stuff in mailboxes that in Office 365 don't need a license.