Watch this tutorial on how to import Outlook PST files in Microsoft Office 365 mailbox using the network upload method. This step-by-step tutorial will guide you on importing Outlook PST files in Microsoft Office 365 mailbox.
Steps to import PST file in Office 365:
- Open Office.com and sign in using your credentials.
- Now you can see your Microsoft 365 page. Click on Admin in the left sidebar to open the Admin Center.
- Open the Exchange Admin Center, click on the roles, then admin roles.
- Scroll down and click on the organization management to assign the Import role.
- Now click on the permissions tab, Scroll down and click on the mailbox Import Export and click save.
- Now you must assign the user for the Import Export Permission. For that, click on the assigned tab and then click on add button to add the user.
- Now open Microsoft 365 admin center, click on show all, scroll down, then click on the compliance tab.
- Click on the Data lifecycle management and select Microsoft 365 from the drop-down options.
- In the data lifecycle management window, click on the import tab.
- To add the import job, click on the new import job.
- Type the name of the import job and click next.
- In the select import job type, you need to select the upload your data option and then click next.
- Click on the show network upload SAS URL in the import data window.
- Now click on copy to clipboard to copy the SAS URL, as we need this URL to upload our PST file.
- Now open the Import Job tab, and click on the download AzureAZCopy File.
- Now extract and open the extracted file, copy its path, and save it.
- The main command that we need to execute is:
azcopy.exe copy "Source location of PST files" "SAS URL
- Now open the command prompt.
- Copy the AzureAzcopy file path, paste it into the command prompt, and press enter.
- Now, you will need the source location of the pst file. Right-click on your pst file, click on the properties option, copy the location of the pst file and save it.
- Now in the main command, replace the SAS Url and Source location of the PST file.
- Now copy the complete command and paste in the Command Prompt, and press enter to upload the pst file.
- It will start uploading the PST file and take some time depending on the size.
- Once completed, it will show the detailed status of the upload.
- Now open the import window, click on I have done uploading my files and I have access to the mapping file, and click next to proceed further.
- Now in the next step, you will need a mapping file.
- Download the sample mapping file and edit it.
- Now open the import tab and select your mapping file and click on validate button to validate the file. Once validated, click on the next button to move further.
- Now review your details in the review window and click submit.
- Now you will see a window upload to the cloud succeeded. Click on the done button.
- An import job has been created, and you can see the progress in the progress tab.
- Wait for some time and click on the refresh button to check if completed or not.
- Now click on the file and then click import to Office 365.
- Now it will ask you if you want to filter any data.
- If you want to filter the data, then click yes I want to filter it before importing. Otherwise, click on No, I want to import everything and click next.
- Now click on the refresh button to show the status as import in progress. And you can see the progress in the progress tab.
- Wait for some time and click the refresh button to check the progress. This process will take time, depending on the data size.
- Once completed, it will show the status as completed.
- You have successfully imported PST files into Office 365 mailbox through these steps.