{"id":12150,"date":"2021-05-17T13:15:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T07:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:47:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T04:17:26","slug":"import-and-export-exchange-mailbox-to-pst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stellarinfo.co.in\/blog\/import-and-export-exchange-mailbox-to-pst\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Import and Export Exchange Mailbox to PST?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Summary: Exchange administrators may need to export mailboxes from the Exchange server to PST for various reasons, such as backup, mailbox archiving, or migrating the mailbox to another Exchange database, server, or Office 365. Microsoft Exchange allows administrators to export mailboxes from Exchange database (EDB) files to PST via Exchange Admin Center (EAC) and Exchange Management Shell (EMS).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, these proprietary utilities require additional roles and permissions to work. Besides, they use the Exchange server resources, which puts more load on the server and may cause downtime.\u00a0Also, these utilities can’t export mailboxes from an offline Exchange database, which is a downside when you need to export mailboxes from an offline database or migrate the mailboxes from a decommissioned or outdated Exchange server. In such cases, you can use a reliable third-party EDB to PST converter software, such as Stellar Converter for EDB<\/a> to import and export Exchange mailbox to PST.
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The software can export multiple mailboxes from both online or offline simultaneously to corresponding PST files. You can also export or import the mailboxes from offline Exchange EDB files directly to a live Exchange server or Office 365.<\/p>\n

Methods to Export and Import Exchange Mailbox to PST<\/h2>\n

Below we\u2019ve discussed steps to import and export Exchange mailboxes to PST by using the Exchange Admin Center and Exchange Management Shell. The Exchange Admin Center is GUI-based but provides limited options when it comes to exporting the mailboxes to PST.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Exchange Management Shell is a command-line-based tool that allows you to import or export mailboxes using the New-MailboxExportRequest <\/strong>and New-MailboxImportRequest <\/strong>cmdlets. You can add various parameters with cmdlets to export multiple or specific mailboxes to PST, filter mailboxes and their content, include\/exclude certain folders, and do much more. The steps are as follows:<\/p>\n

Assign Mailbox Import Export Role<\/h4>\n

To import or export Exchange mailbox to PST, the user account must have the Mailbox Import Export role assigned. This role is not assigned by default to anyone, including the administrator.<\/p>\n

To assign this role, open Exchange Management Shell and then execute the following cmdlet:<\/p>\n

New-RoleGroup -Role \"Mailbox Import-Export Management\" -User <USERNAME><\/pre>\n
For instance,<\/p>\n
New-RoleGroup -Role \"Mailbox Import-Export Management\" -User Administrator<\/pre>\n
To check users who are assigned with the Mailbox Import Export role<\/strong>, execute the following cmdlet:<\/p>\n
Get-ManagamentRoleAssignment \u2013Role \u201cMailbox Import Export\u201d | fl RoleAssigneeName<\/pre>\n
Export Exchange Mailbox to PST via EAC<\/h4>\n
After assigning the required Mailbox Import Export role, open the Exchange Admin Center and then follow these steps to export the Exchange mailbox to PST.<\/p>\n