{"id":411,"date":"2020-04-14T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T11:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quickdata.org\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2020-04-15T10:06:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:06:51","slug":"use-drive-shipping-import-organizations-pst-files-office-365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quickdata.org\/blog\/use-drive-shipping-import-organizations-pst-files-office-365\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Drive Shipping Method to Import Organization’s PST Files to Office 365?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many times organizations find multiple issues while managing PST files, it could be corruption, backup protection, complexity in the administration of eDiscovery or any other reason. Hence, they decide to import PST to Office 365 mailbox. Therefore, in this write-up, we illustrate the complete step by step process on\u00a0 how to use drive shipping to import organization’s PST files to Office 365. But, before moving towards the solution let\u2019s know about Office 365 drive shipping more clearly.<\/p>\n

Quick Glance At Office 365\u00a0Drive Shipping Technique<\/h2>\n

Basically, drive shipping is the simple method to import or upload unencrypted PST files to user mailboxes. With this approach, users can copy Outlook PST files to a hard drive and then physically ship the drive to Microsoft. When the hard drive is received by MS, then the PST files are moved to Office 365.\u00a0Read to know how to use drive shipping to import organization’s PST files to Office 365<\/p>\n

Benefits\u00a0 of Using\u00a0Drive Shipping to Import PST Files to Office 365<\/h3>\n

It is an effective way to import PST files to O365 by drive shipping because with this technique we can import large amounts of archival mailbox data to Office 365. After uploading archival data to the mailboxes we can perform these tasks:<\/p>\n

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  1. Enable archive mailboxes so that users can have additional mailbox data storage space<\/li>\n
  2. Place mailboxes on hold to preserve the data.<\/li>\n
  3. Search the data by using Microsoft eDiscovery tools<\/li>\n
  4. Apply retention policies to control how long the data is retained.<\/li>\n
  5. Protects organization data against data loss.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Prerequisites Before Moving Outlook PST to Office 365 via Drive Shipping<\/h3>\n

    Following are the prerequisites that need to be followed to import organization’s PST files to Office 365:<\/p>\n

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    1. The hard drive in which PST files has to be copied must be encrypted with BitLocker<\/li>\n
    2. \u00a0Organizations must-have FedEx or DHL account.
      a) The organization in east & south-east Asia must have DHL account.
      b) The organization’s in the US and Europe should have FedEx account.<\/li>\n
    3. Retention period should be set to an infinite period<\/li>\n
    4. Mailbox Import Export role should be assigned to the user to import Outlook PST files on hard drive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Must Read:\u00a0How to Import PST Files into Office 365 Webmail<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

      How to Use Drive Shipping to Import Organization’s PST Files to Office 365<\/h3>\n

      Users should follow these steps to upload Outlook PST to Office 365 without Outlook:<\/p>\n

      Step 1: Download Import Tool<\/h3>\n
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        1. Firstly, go to https:\/\/protection.office.com & download import tool and secure storage key<\/li>\n
        2. Then, log in to Office 365 by using admin account credentials<\/li>\n
        3. Select Data Management Option from the left pane & click on Import
          \"Use<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          1. From the Import Page click the Import option to move PST files to Office 365\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\"drive-ship-2\"<\/li>\n
          2. Now, from the new screen click the \u2018+\u2019 icon & choose \u2018Ship data on physical hard drives\u2019<\/li>\n
          3. From the New Job page user have to click the \u2018Download Tool\u2019 option and install the WAImportExport.exe tool<\/li>\n
          4. Copy secure storage key by moving back to \u2018Ship Files\u2019 page<\/li>\n
          5. Now copy the \u2018displayed key\u2019 and store it in the file<\/li>\n
          6. Finally close the page by clicking the Cancel button<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Step 2: Copy PST File to Hard Drive<\/h3>\n
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            1. On the local machine open the cmd and go to the directory where the WAImportExport.exe utility is installed<\/li>\n
            2. Then, run the below command to migrate PST files to hard drive\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\"use\n