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OLM to Office 365 Quick Migration Steps

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Published By Siddharth Tehri
Aswin Vijayan
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Published On January 29th, 2024
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Import Outlook for Mac OLM file to Office 365

Summary: Import OLM to Office 365 account. Learn the best and direct way to easily migrate the mailbox.

The most used email client, especially in a business environment, is Outlook. Because it is available for both Windows and Mac operating systems. The only difference which apart them is their supporting file format for data storage. Outlook for Windows creates 11 file and Outlook for Mac creates OLM files for storing user data.

However, switching from desktop-based applications to Online applications is in demand nowadays. Therefore Microsoft has launched Office 365, a web-based application to make this task easy and secure. Office 365 provides multiple software on its subscription. The only application which individually provides the complete usage of MS-office application for both Windows & Mac users.

In case a Mac user wants to switch to Windows and like to import OLM file into Office 365, earlier they had to move the data into Win Outlook and then migrate it to Office 365. But now, you can use the latest OLM file to Office 365 software to directly migrate data.

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How to Import OLM to Office 365

1. Launch the OLM file to Office 365 conversion tool and click on ADD File button. Now using the Browse button select the path of the OLM file to need to be converted.

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2. Here the user can view all data from the OLM file using the tool. The OLM to PST export software also previews emails in multiple views with attachments.

preview olm file

3. Users can right-click on any email and select the Export option. You have to select Office 365 as your export option from the list. Now, click on the Advanced Settings option.

choose office 365

4. Here, you have to provide Admin credentials if you want to migrate OLM to Office 365 using the User Impersonation feature. This enables the user to bulk migrate data from the source mailbox to the destination mailbox registered under the same domain. (Admin account of Office 365 must be impersonated.)

apply settings

You can apply other features like Date Filter and Categories under the General Settings tab.

5. If you do not wish to go for the User Impersonation option, you can import the CSV file. You can either choose to add Destination Mailbox using the CSV file or choose to do it on the next screen.

olm data to office 365

6. In the next screen, you must provide Account Password (or import them using CSV in the previous screen) to migrate OLM to Office 365.

export data

You can now successfully preview the OLM files data in your Office 365 account.

FAQ

Can I migrate OLM to Office 365 using the manual approach?

Yes, you can migrate OLM to Office 365 using a manual approach, but it requires a lot of effort and time.

I have all my contacts in Outlook for Mac OLM file and I recently purchased Office 365 license. So I want to import OLM contacts into Office 365 but O365 does not support importing OLM files. I worked out how to import OLM to PST but cannot see any procedure how to import OLM to Office 365?

Yes, you can easily import your OLM file to Office 365 by following the above-discussed steps, i.e install the software and directly migrate the data. You no longer have to convert the OLM files into another format to move them to O365 since it can be done directly now.

Can I import the OLM calendar to Office 365?

Yes, you can easily transfer the OLM calendar to Office 365 using the same procedure for emails and other items.

Related: Import OLM File to Windows Outlook

Conclusion:-

This article is aimed to help users, who are searching for a perfect solution to import OLM to Office 365. You must follow this article step by step and migrate the OLM mailbox data to Office 365. You no longer have to perform several conversions anymore since it is directly possible now.