Many users want their MBOX file into Office 365 account to easily access MBOX data from anywhere. Some other users prefer Outlook email application for email communication, so in this tutorial, we will explain the solution to import MBOX to PST & Office 365 user account. There are two methods available to import MBOX to Office 365 first is the manual method, the second is direct solution or automated tool.
Migrate MBOX to PST and MBOX to Office 365 account is not an easy task by using the manual method, you have to follow some complex steps to successfully perform this task. Outlook & Office 365 both services provided by Microsoft but Office 365 is cloud-based software as service platform for the business environment. It provides multiple services like Outlook, Exchange Server, One Drive, Skype, SharePoint, etc.. Outlook is an email client users use this product for email communication it is desktop based client & stores emails data in locally.
There are several reasons to convert MBOX files to PST format. Also, businesses sometimes require to migrate MBOX data to Office 365. Now, in this section, you will get the solution to import MBOX to PST & Office 365.
Manual way to Import MBOX to PST & Office 365 Account
In this manual way to import MBOX files to Office 365 user account first you need to convert MBOX to PST file, then with the help of Network Upload method, you can import PST to Office 365. Conversion of MBOX to PST is required to perform migration to MBOX to Office 365 with the manual method.
Convert MBOX to PST – Manually:
By using this manual method to import MBOX to PST you have to follow many steps as well as need multiple email clients.
Step 1: Convert Apple Mail to MBOX -
1: Open AppleMail >> File >> Import Mailboxes.
2: In Import Data From panel you have to select File in MBOX format. Click on Continue.
3: Now select the MBOX file from the location & import into the Apple Mail.
After that you need Eudora Email Client.
Step 2: Eudara Email Clinet -
1: You need to be change file extension to .mbx.
2: Now move .mbx file to the Eudora directory where the file saved by default.
3: Open Eudora & double click on the file & close the application.
Step 3: Outlook Express Email Client -
1: Now open Outlook Express >> File menu >> Import >> Select Message.
2: Select Eudora from the list & click Next.
3: Browse the .mbx file from the location & click Next.
4: Then click Next, Next & select finish.
Step 4: MS Outlook Email Application -
1: Open Outlook go to File >> Open >>Import >> Import and Export Wizard.
2: Now, select Import Internet Mail and Addresses option click Next.
3: Select Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Window Mail.
Now, file imported into Outlook email application you can access MBOX file data into Outlook.
This whole procedure to import MBOX to PST file time consuming & complicated, but you have one more option to perform this task that is DataHelp MBOX to PST wizard this is an automated converter tool it will help you to export data from MBOX to PST. You can take the help of this software, it is an easy way to convert MBOX files to PST format.
After converting MBOX file to PST, you can use Network Upload method to import converted PST file to Office 365 account.
Import PST (converted MBOX) to Office 365 – Network Upload Method
Network Upload method provided by Microsoft to import PST file into Office 365 account. Follow the given steps to work with this method.
1: Login into Office 365 account.
2: Download & install Azure Azcopy to and run this tool to import PST file in Office 365 Azure storage location.
3: Now create a mapping file to import PST file to Office 365, in this file you have to specify Office 365 mailboxes.
4: Create an import job in import service of Office 365.
5: Now, PST file imported into Office 365 account.
This import process is also complicated, but if you follow all the steps in a right way then you can import PST file to Office 365 account. If you are not able to import PST file to Office 365 with this methods then you have to use DataHelp PST to Office 365 wizard this software will easily export Outlook PST to Office 365 mailbox without any complication.
Direct Solution to Import MBOX to Office 365
To migrate MBOX to Office 365 with manual method first you have to convert MBOX to PST, then you can import PST to Office 365 by using Network Upload method. This manual procedure will take some time and it is this procedure is complicated. To directly import MBOX to Office 365 account you need to use automated migration tool which can migrate MBOX file to Office 365 with entire data one such software is available known as MBOX to Office 365 migration tool. This tool allows you to import multiple MBOX files into Office 365 without any complication. This software is an easy way to migrate multiple MBOX files to Office 365 user account without any data loss.
Conclusion
Above given methods will help you to import MBOX to PST and MBOX to Office 365 account, but the entire manual procedure is complicated and you also have to follow many steps to successfully convert MBOX to PST and migrate MBOX to Office 365. We also suggested some automated converter tools you can take the help of these tools to easily perform MBOX to PST conversion & MBOX to Office 365 migration.
