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Sarah, IT Administrator, California Asked:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Our organization has years of Outlook PST archives stored, and now we need to move <\/span>420 PSTs<\/span>, which is approximately <\/span>3.8 TB<\/span>. This data is distributed across different departments, file servers, and network shares. We need to migrate mailbox items- emails, attachments, calendars, contacts, and folder structures\u2014to the appropriate Microsoft 365 users. Also, we need to keep the folder hierarchy intact. As we need to meet the deadline, we need to know PST to Microsoft 365 Migration Native Import vs Third-Party Tool.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/b>: Organizations still rely heavily on Outlook to store their emails, calendars, contacts, and other Outlook data that is stored on multiple employees’ devices and network locations. When these organizations need to collaborate, they migrate PST files to an Office 365 account. This process would include PST file discovery, health checking, user-to-mailbox mapping, and filtering. Therefore, it is important to choose a reliable and secure utility for the same process. This blog explains the key PST-to-Microsoft 365 migration approaches and compares native methods, <\/span>Aryson PST to Office 365 Migration<\/b><\/a>, and other tools to let you choose the most suitable one as per your requirements.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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