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How to Export Exchange Contacts to PST?

There are various items stores in the Exchange server mailbox like emails, calendars, journals, attachments, contacts, etc. And if we notice that contacts are very crucial data for any organization which contains all the records of the customers and employees. And you can not imagine the situation of losing these contacts.

Hence it is necessary to take the backup of Exchange contacts and for this you need to export Exchange contacts to PST. For the export process here we will use the secured third party SysInspire EDB to PST Converter tool.

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Reasons Behind Export Contacts from Exchange

Following are the cases where the administrator wants to backup Exchange contacts:-

  • For accessing the Exchange server contacts when there is some corruption issue while accessing the file.
  • When the Exchange server is under maintenance and you want to view contacts.
  • To take the complete backup of contacts if the Exchange server gets damaged.
  • A situation when a company transfers their contacts with another company due to a change in location.

These are the most common cases where the Exchange administrator likes to take the backup of its contacts. The only best practice is to take the backup by exporting contacts from Exchange to Outlook PST.

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Want to Export Exchange Contacts to PST using Manual Method?

As you know all your organization data is saved in the Exchange server. If you take responsibility to export Exchange contacts using a manual method you need to be a very technical expert. Because in the manual method you need to work with the Exchange Management Shell application and need good information on how to use its command. And single wrong command can lead to your whole organization’s data loss.

Another limitation with the manual method, you need very patient because it takes a very long time to export Exchange contacts. Hence the only best decision for every skilled or non-skilled user is to go with the safe automated solution given below.

Using Automated Tool to Export Exchange Contacts to Outlook

By considering all the problems that you will definitely face during the Exchange export contacts process. So here we came up with SysInspire EDB to PST Converter which is the quickest solution ever. This tool examines the Exchange server EDB file and then lets you convert its contacts and all other mailbox items into PST format.

It fixes all the problems with the Exchange file through its best scanning feature. You can also decide where you like to save the resultant PST file that has all the Exchange contacts. The software also has a free demo version from where you can take a brief overview of its functionality.

Step by Step Guide to Use the Tool

  • Download the tool and open it on your machine.

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  • From the home screen, you’ll see various options and here choose to add file button.export edb to pst
  • Click on browse tab if you already know where the Exchange EDB file is located. Otherwise, tap on search EDB that will automatically give a preview of the EDB file store in your system.export edb to pst
  • After selecting the file you can now see all the mailbox items and other folders. Select the contact folder and hit on export file.export edb to pst
  • In the next window select Outlook PST file as a conversion format and give a path where you like to save this PST file from the browse tab.export edb
  • At last tap start export and the conversion will get started.

If you like to export Exchange contacts into other formats EDB to PST Converter offers formats like EML, EMlX, MSG, and HTML. The best thing is no information is being lost during the whole conversion task.

Conclusion

In this blog, we shared an automated EDB to PST converter tool that helps you to export Exchange Contacts to PST. And also described the drawbacks of the manual method that you will face while running the manual steps. If a user is confused about the working of the tool they can check out the working steps mentioned above. This tool converts Exchange contacts with maintaining all data integrity.



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