User Manual

Initial setup

Export offline OST file to PST

EdbMails doesn't need Microsoft Outlook dependency for OST to Live Exchange and Office 365 migration. However, if you want to extract PST file from your OST file then you need to install Outlook on your computer.

Configuring the target connection for Exchange Migration

Set Exchange Impersonation rights scenarios:
Set Impersonation rights for Exchange 2007 and below using Exchange Management Shell
Set Impersonation rights for Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 using Exchange Management Shell
Set Impersonation rights using Exchange Server GUI

Exchange Connection different scenarios:
Connect with Global Admin
Connect to Exchange server with Individual user's credentials using CSV file
Connect to Exchange server with Full access permission
Connect individual users for Single / Specific user Migration

Configuring the Office 365 server for migration

Set Impersonation Rights for Office 365:
Set Office 365 Impersonation rights using PowerShell commands
Set Office 365 Impersonation rights using Office 365 GUI

Office 365 Connection different scenarios:
Connect with Global Admin
Connect to Office 365 with full access permission
Connect to Office 365 with CSV file option
Connect to Office 365 as single user mailbox

Multifactor Authentication

Enable MFA in Office 365
Create App password for MFA
Disable Security Defaults

  • Licensing – know about the migration licensing for OST recovery and migration.