Step by Step Guide to Migrate Public Folder to Office 365

1.  Create the Public Folders in a new organization

Click here to create public folders in Office 365.

2.  Download and Install EdbMails application

a. Download the EdbMails setup and install it on your computer where you have your Offline EDB file that you wish to recover.  Download

b. Double click the EdbMails setup (EdbMailsSetup.exe) to start the installation process.

c. On the Welcome page, click "Next >" to proceed. And to complete the installation, follow the instructions that appear on the installation screens accordingly.

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3.  Start Your Free Trial

Click the "Start Your Free Trial" button

Demo login EdbMails

4.  Selecting EDB file to Migrate Exchange EDB to Office 365

On successful login, Select the Export Method as "Export Exchange EDB file"
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In the next screen select the EDB file that you wish to migrate emails from EDB to Office 365.

Click the "Browse for EDB" button to navigate to where the Public folder EDB is located. If you are using Exchange 2003, EdbMails will automatically look for the corresponding STM file in the same location. If you are using Exchange 2007 or above, STM file is no longer used.

Now click the "Continue" button to start the recovery operation.

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5.  Migrate EDB to Office 365

a. Right click the Tree view and select the Mailbox / folder that you wish to migrate to Office 365. Choose the "Export Selected Mailboxes / Folders to PST / Office 365 / Live Exchange" popup menu item to continue with the migrate operation.

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b. Select "Migrate to Office 365[Incremental]" and click continue.

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c. Select the "Connect to Export / Backup / Migrate Public Folder" check box as shown in the below image.

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d. Execute the PowerShell commands as shown in the below image.

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e. Enter the Office 365 account credentials and proceed.
Before connecting to Office 365, set the impersonation rights to a user.
Click here to know how to set the impersonation rights.

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f. After the successful login, Map the Public folder to Office 365 Public folder mailboxes and click on "Export EDB to Office 365" to export.

Note: Please select the user to which you have assigned the Public folder

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g. During export operation, the progress will be displayed as shown in the below screenshot.

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h. Once the Export operation is completed, the message "Export operation has been completed." will be prompted.

Video Tutorial for EDB to Office 365

EDB to Office 365 Migration
Set Impersonation Rights in Office 365