Upload PSTs on Office 365 and import into accounts

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
ParameterValue / Explication
WorkloadValue: Exchange
Description: Defined in which office module the import should be done.
FilePathValue: empty
Description: path to the archive when uploading
NameValeur: archive-jdupont.pst
Description: Name of the pst file sent
MailboxValue: [email protected]
Description: The main email address of the account where the archive is to be sent.
IsArchiveValue: TRUE / FALSE
Description: Determines whether the file should be imported into the archive mailbox.
TargetRootFolderValue: empty or / and / MyPst
Description :

 

  • Empty: the file will be imported into a folder at the root named “imported”
  • /: Items will be imported directly into the inbox. This option allows you to rebuild the tree structure
  • / MyPst: the import will be done in a folder named my PST at the root of the box
ContentCodePageValue: empty
Description: file encoding
SPFileContainerValue: empty
SPManifestContainerValue: empty
SPSiteUrlValue: 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

2. In the menu on the left, click on Data Governance 1 and then Import 2.

left menu import

3. Click New Import Job 1

New job import

4. Select Load your data 1 and click Next 2.

import avec upload

5. Click Show Network Load SAS URL 1 and wait while generating.

Generate uri sas

6. Copy the SAS URL 1.

Copie URL SAS

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

8. Check Use a SAS URI 1 and copy the address into the area 2 and click Next 3.

Paste URI in ASE

9. Click Connect 1.

aze end param uri

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

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

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

4. Click Close 1.

fichier import ok

5. Before actually starting the injection into the accounts the files are analyzed.

Resume analyse
Resume analyse

6. When the scan is complete, click Ready to Import in Office 365 1.

ready to import

7. Click Import in Office 365 1.

Confirmer l'import

8. Depending on your strategy, select the desired option 1 and click Next 2.

Import strategie bal

9. Click Import Data 1.

confirm import

10. Click Close 1.

end import demand

11. Import tracking since Data Governance.

Suivi import
Suivi import

12. All you have to do is monitor the import process.




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