{"id":149,"date":"2008-06-24T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rick.sh\/?p=149"},"modified":"2008-06-24T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T22:15:00","slug":"how-to-backup-export-exchange-mailbox-data-from-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rick.sh\/index.php\/2008\/06\/24\/how-to-backup-export-exchange-mailbox-data-from-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"HOW-TO: Backup\/Export Exchange Mailbox data from Outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">When I changed jobs last year, I remember having to backup my data file from within Outlook using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B081F3A-B7D0-4B16-B8AF-5A6322F4FD01&amp;displaylang=en\">this freeware tool<\/a> from Microsoft. However, now in my new job, we use Exchange whereas before, we used IPSwitch Imail with POP3 access enabled for mail clients.<br \/>So here&#8217;s the problem:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:78%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">(direct quote from the download site)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><b>Note:<\/b> Personal Folders Backup only backs up .PST files. If you have a Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox, your server mailbox folders are likely backed up regularly by your server administrator.<br \/><\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;\"  ><span>So to make things easy, here&#8217;s a how-to for e<\/span><\/span><span style=\";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;\"  ><span>xporting all your data from your exchange mailbox to a regular .PST file which you can later import back into Outlook to access as an archive. The full-res pictures are <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/rickster21\/HOWTOBackupExportExchangeMailboxDataFromOutlook\">here<\/a>.<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;\"  ><span>1. Within your Outlook client, click &#8220;File&#8221;->&#8221;Import and Export&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOuK6cnEI\/AAAAAAAAAIY\/AlQqdRG_xmY\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.30.51+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOuK6cnEI\/AAAAAAAAAIY\/AlQqdRG_xmY\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.30.51+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606767326370882\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><br \/>2. Select &#8220;Export to a file&#8221; and click &#8220;Next&#8221;<\/span><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOur_rAaI\/AAAAAAAAAIg\/vvAfQMmWeOk\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.11+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOur_rAaI\/AAAAAAAAAIg\/vvAfQMmWeOk\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.11+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606776206655906\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><\/p>\n<p>3. Select &#8220;Personal Folder File (.pst)&#8221; and click &#8220;Next&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOu6OVITI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/LtE4ImBSRuQ\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.24+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOu6OVITI\/AAAAAAAAAIo\/LtE4ImBSRuQ\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.24+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606780026233138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><br \/>4. Select the top-level of you Exchange Mailbox and check &#8220;Include subfolders&#8221; then click &#8220;Next&#8221;<br \/><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOvFgqyfI\/AAAAAAAAAIw\/OHV8OLueOtE\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.35+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOvFgqyfI\/AAAAAAAAAIw\/OHV8OLueOtE\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.31.35+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606783055940082\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">5. Type the path and filename for the file to be created and click &#8220;Next&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOveZDNoI\/AAAAAAAAAI4\/8Z1MihOnpDY\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.06+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGOveZDNoI\/AAAAAAAAAI4\/8Z1MihOnpDY\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.06+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606789734872706\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><\/p>\n<p>6.Enter a name to be displayed when you add the backup .PST file to the Outlook client. Also, enter a password if you want to protect the file from unauthorized access. Click &#8220;OK&#8221;<\/span><br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGO2jnspJI\/AAAAAAAAAJA\/mrk890HrPo0\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.38+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGO2jnspJI\/AAAAAAAAAJA\/mrk890HrPo0\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.38+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606911397569682\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;\"  ><\/p>\n<p>7. Re-enter the password for the system to begin file creation and click &#8220;OK&#8221;<br \/><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGO2seuuLI\/AAAAAAAAAJI\/EObjWLXg6K0\/s1600-h\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.45+PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_1hZlgjNWuTU\/SGGO2seuuLI\/AAAAAAAAAJI\/EObjWLXg6K0\/s320\/Capture6-24-2008-4.32.45+PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215606913775876274\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;\"  ><\/p>\n<p>After this screen, the .PST creation begins. This took about 20 minutes on my mailbox, which was almost 1GB of data.<br \/>When the process finishes, you can now copy the newly created .PST file to a CD, DVD, etc. somewhere safe.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Rick Estrada<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I changed jobs last year, I remember having to backup my data file from within Outlook using this freeware tool from Microsoft. 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