When migrating to Office 365, you may need to return the history of old mailboxes in the news using the PST archives.
There are several ways to do this:
- Import from the Outlook client directly (I highly recommend this solution).
- IMAP copies from the Office 365 migration interface.
- Send PSTs on Microsoft servers for import.
In this article, we will see the third solution.
Prerequisites
- Have administrator access to the Office 365 interface
- Have the rights of Import / ExportImport / Export
- Install Azure Explorer
- Have PST
Correspondence file
The first step is to fill in a correspondence file to link the archive to the email account.
The file must be in csv format with a comma (,) separator.
Here is the header that must have your file:
Workload,FilePath,Name,Mailbox,IsArchive,TargetRootFolder,ContentCodePage,SPFileContainer,SPManifestContainer,SPSiteUrl
Parameter | Value / Explication |
---|---|
Workload | Value: Exchange Description: Defined in which office module the import should be done. |
FilePath | Value: empty Description: path to the archive when uploading |
Name | Valeur: archive-jdupont.pst Description: Name of the pst file sent |
Mailbox | Value: [email protected] Description: The main email address of the account where the archive is to be sent. |
IsArchive | Value: TRUE / FALSE Description: Determines whether the file should be imported into the archive mailbox. |
TargetRootFolder | Value: empty or / and / MyPst Description :
|
ContentCodePage | Value: empty Description: file encoding |
SPFileContainer | Value: empty |
SPManifestContainer | Value: empty |
SPSiteUrl | Value: empty |
Here is an example of an import file:
Workload,FilePath,Name,Mailbox,IsArchive,TargetRootFolder,SPFileContainer,SPManifestContainer,SPSiteUrl
Exchange,,archive-rdr.pst,[email protected],FALSE,/,,,
Exchange,,archive-jbo.pst,[email protected],FALSE,/,,,
Now that the file is ready we will go to upload files.
Upload PST archives
1. Go to your Office 365 admin portal and click Security and Compliance 1.
![Portail office securite et confirmete](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_08-54-39-600x97.png)
2. In the menu on the left, click on Data Governance 1 and then Import 2.
![left menu import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-52-42-182x400.png)
3. Click New Import Job 1
![New job import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-52-57-600x68.png)
4. Select Load your data 1 and click Next 2.
![import avec upload](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-53-25-800x267.png)
5. Click Show Network Load SAS URL 1 and wait while generating.
![Generate uri sas](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-53-44-600x295.png)
6. Copy the SAS URL 1.
![Copie URL SAS](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-54-30-600x194.png)
7. Launch Azure Storage Explorer and configure the connection. If this is your first launch the connection wizard should launch directly. Select option 1 and click Next 2.
![ase use URI](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-57-23-417x400.png)
8. Check Use a SAS URI 1 and copy the address into the area 2 and click Next 3.
![Paste URI in ASE](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-57-39-418x400.png)
9. Click Connect 1.
![aze end param uri](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-57-46-418x400.png)
10. Place yourself in the ingestiondata 1 folder and send your pst 2 files either by drag and drop or by using the Upload button.
![Azure Storage Explorer](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_09-57-58-600x241.png)
AZCOPY
For unknown reasons, the transfer with Azure Storage Explorer is difficult at times. If this happens to you, you can use AZCopy.
AzCopy.exe /Source:"C:\pst" /Dest:"URI AZURE" /Y /S
Import of PST
1. Return to the Security and Compliance interface where you obtained the URI for Azure Storage Explorer
2. Check both boxes 1 and click on Next 2.
![import pst](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_14-42-18-600x285.png)
3. Select your import file 1, click on Validate 2. Once the operation is completed if there is no error click on Save 3.
![valid file import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_14-44-43-600x242.png)
4. Click Close 1.
![fichier import ok](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-27-16-600x200.png)
5. Before actually starting the injection into the accounts the files are analyzed.
![Resume analyse](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-27-33-600x210.png)
![Resume analyse](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-27-42-600x68.png)
6. When the scan is complete, click Ready to Import in Office 365 1.
![ready to import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-34-06-600x58.png)
7. Click Import in Office 365 1.
![Confirmer l'import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-34-56-477x400.png)
8. Depending on your strategy, select the desired option 1 and click Next 2.
![Import strategie bal](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-36-31-600x294.png)
9. Click Import Data 1.
![confirm import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-37-41-600x151.png)
10. Click Close 1.
![end import demand](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-38-23-600x161.png)
11. Import tracking since Data Governance.
![Suivi import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-39-12-600x61.png)
![Suivi import](https://rdr-it.io/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/2018-04-03_16-38-58-468x400.png)
12. All you have to do is monitor the import process.