A Quicker Way to Convert EDB to PST

Microsoft has many email applications from Outlook for MAC, Windows Live Messenger, Exchange Server and Outlook. All Applications has its own benefits and some limitations. While looking towards these email clients Outlook is the one that is used widely. its features improves every time it updates and now we have Outlook 2016 which is embedded with several applications that you don't need to switch over other window while working on it. Bing search, Third party addons, calendar sharing all comes to one place and that's the reason most of the user switch to Outlook.

While MS Exchange email application is much more secure, allows collaborative sharing of files is used by many organisations for working with in their domain. Microsoft Exchange Server Store files in Exchange Server Database files or EDB files. These Database files stores users data including all the mails, contacts, messages, tasks, notes and much more. If the Exchange Server got damage then we need to convert these EDB files to Outlook PST, so that the EDB files can be used in Outlook. Here we will learn method to convert >EDB to PST using Powershell.

Microsoft has many email applications from Outlook for MAC, Windows Live Messenger, Exchange Server and Outlook. All Applications has its own benefits and some limitations. While looking towards these email clients Outlook is the one that is used widely. its features improves every time it updates and now we have Outlook 2016 which is embedded with several applications that you don't need to switch over other window while working on it. Bing search, Third party addons, calendar sharing all comes to one place and that's the reason most of the user switch to Outlook.

While MS Exchange email application is much more secure, allows collaborative sharing of files is used by many organisations for working with in their domain. Microsoft Exchange Server Store files in Exchange Server Database files or EDB files. These Database files stores users data including all the mails, contacts, messages, tasks, notes and much more. If the Exchange Server got damage then we need to convert these EDB files to Outlook PST, so that the EDB files can be used in Outlook. Here we will learn method to convert EDB to PST using Powershell.

Powershell can convert MS Exchange Server 2007, 2010 and 2013 EDB files easily in Outlook PST File. Here are the steps to export EDB files to PST with powershell commands:

Open Powershell tool and Add Snap-in with Add-PSSnapin microsoft.exchange.management.powershell.e2010 command.

Create a new Folder and Right click on it.

Go to properties, select share folder tab and then click on share button

Allow Read/write permissions to this folder

Copy the path of shared folder and note it down

Now entire this command line:New-MailboxExportRequest –Mailbox MailboxName –FilePath EnterFilePath

Here MailboxName is the folder which you want to export and EnterFilePath is the path of folder where you want to store the PST file. This will create a new PST file of your Exchange Server Database.

In this way you can migrate from EDB to PST using Powershell. Another way to transfer EDB to PST is by using ExMerge.exe tool . This tool allows you to login in Exchange Server and then export EDB files to MS outlook. However it works only for earlier Version of Microsoft Exchange Server.

Experience in Troubleshooting Outlook Problems and Knowledge about Windows Operating Systems, Database Repair, Password Recovery and other office tools