Everyone is now aware that MS Outlook stores all the data items such as emails, calendars, contacts, etc. However, the growing market of cloud owing its storage benefits, people are more inclined to using Office 365 over Office Suite. Therefore, user needs to import their Outlook data to Office 365 user account. Now question arises how to import the Outlook PST file to Office 365 Cloud? One such solution to overcome from the issue is by utilizing third party utility such as Office 365 PST Migration tool that claims to move local Outlook data to cloud successfully. This review discusses about the same based on the software testing performed.
Office 365 Migration is an application that imports the Outlook PST data to Office 365 account. It restores the whole data items such as emails, calendars, journals, contacts, etc. in user account of Office 365. The tool is operable on all Windows platform. It maintains the data integrity after restoring the data.
Office 365 Migration Tool
Office 365 PST Import tool is available in two versions, i.e. Demo and Licensed. User can choose any edition according to their requirement.
Demo Edition
The Demo edition is free to utilize by simply downloading it from the official site of an organization. As it is a free version, so it has some limitations that it can import first 100 emails and 25 other items/folder of Outlook to Office 365 Cloud.
Licensed Edition
It is a paid version of Office 365 Migration tool, which can be purchased from the organization’s official site. It allows user to import the complete data from Outlook PST to Office 365 user account along with all the data items.
Essential Features
Office 365 Migration is a utility, which imports all the PST data to Office 365 user account along with all its Meta-data, attachments, calendars contacts, etc. There are some of the features of Office 365 PST Migration tool as mentioned:
Selective Data Conversion
The software imports complete PST data as well as it allows converting the selective data to Office 365 user account. It offers date-wise filter to import the desired data to Office 365 account.
Maintains Data Integrity
Office 365 PST Migration preserves the integrity of data, structure, formatting, etc. It maintains the on-disk folder structure after restoring the data to Office 365 user account in original form.
Migrate Unlimited data
The tool restores the data without over writing and overlapping the data. It restored the unlimited data, without file size limitation. It allows performing the restoration of data in error-free way.
Creates Restoration Report
Office 365 Migration tool maintains a detailed report after restoring the office 365 data from Outlook PST. It helps user for the future reference in restoring the data to Office 365 user account.
Pros
• Restores selected data items
• Allows unlimited data restoration
Cons
• Does not preview the data before restoration
• Demo edition can restore few data items
Observational Verdict
After testing the product and reviewing its qualities, it can be said that Office 365 PST Migration is a productive application for performing the restore of unlimited amount of data to Office 365 user account. The software retains the structure, formatting and integrity of data during restoration. It can be rated as 9.5 out of 10 as it does not show the preview of data and the free edition of software restores limited data.