How to Extract PST from Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server is one of the most preferred email and calendaring server, which is developed by Microsoft. It supports email, contacts and tasks, Calendar, web based and mobile information access and data storage. Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 brings a new set of improved feature, technologies, connectivity and services to Exchange Server that allows users to transfer email, contacts and calendar to a mobile device, PC or browser. This email server has most of the popular features, which includes:

• Helps access to any type of mail – Microsoft Exchange Server is like an Outlook Web App, which helps users access any type of mail such as – voicemail, email, SMS texts and more.
• Recovery of Disaster and Backup – The Server has features of Backup and Disaster recovery by providing an automatic, quick, database-level recovery from server, database and network failures. 
• Email Archiving, Retention and Discovery - It helps to simplify the preserved data of business communication processes and reduce expenditures. 
• Exchange ActiveSync; MAPI/HTTP – There are method which allow users for accessing Exchange email, mostly from phone, tablet or laptop. It also allows to access mail even when you’re not connected to the internet. 
• Deployment Resilient – The Server is resilient or flexible for development. Using this server, every users can be deployed in the cloud, on premises or both. 
• Content Monitoring – It can be used for tracking sensitive emails and prevent illegal content distribution.
• Advanced Protection – Provide Advanced protection to employs several integrated encryption, anti-spam technologies and sophisticated anti-virus solutions. 

Limitation of Microsoft Exchange Server:

• Upgrading can be complicated – Upgrading MS Exchange Server is a troublesome task. Being a Server application, users have to purchase the new version, keep backup of the entire data (including old emails) and install the new version. So it is time consuming, complicated and requires a hi-tech professional to complete the entire upgrading process. 
• Requires local Server maintenance – Since it’s a server hosted application, it needs to be maintained. To overcome this problem, you can choose hosted Exchange, for which the entire maintenance responsibility remains with the IT service provider. 

Extract PST from Exchange Server – How to Get it Done? 

How to Extract PST from Exchange Server? Every user want to know the easy process for extracting PST from Exchange and without risk of losing any data. It’s a simple process which requires a few steps to be followed, which are explained below :

Type this command on PowerShell CMDLET: 

New-ManagementRoleAssignment –Role “Mailbox Import Export” –User usetest 

Now you have given rights to import/export files from Exchange. Next, use the following command to extract or export mailboxes from MS Exchange: 

New-MailboxExportRequest –Mailbox mailtst –FilePath \\HQ-FS01\ExportPST\mailtst.pst 

The Exported Mailbox will be in PST format, now you can open these PST files in Outlook. But if you want to access these PST files in some other application, then you will need to convert these PST files into their compatible format, for which you will need a third party tool.

Convert Exchange PST Files to Thunderbird and Other Email Apps with Expert Utility ! 

As you know, using a third party application you can successfully extract Exchange PST files to different application. PST Exporter software is once such application that supports to convert PST files to numerous file formats – MBOX, EML, EMLX, PDF, MSG, vCard and ICS. It’s a complete utility that provides accurate, batch and reliable solution for converting Exchange PST files to Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Windows Live Mail, DreamMail, Eudora, The Bat! etc. The software supports to import PST data to Adobe PDF document format, contacts to vCard and calendars to iCAL format. It is capable to work on all Outlook versions – 2016, 2013, 2010, 2007, 2003 and all below editions and it works efficiently even in absence of MS Outlook installation. The application allows users to works on all edition of Windows like 10, 8.1, 8 etc.

PST Exporter software – Set of Advanced Features 

• Provides easy and simple steps to convert Exchange PST files to multiple formats like EMLX, EML, MBOX, PDF, MSG, VCF and ICS 
• Supports multiple email client – Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Windows Live Mail, The Bat! Etc. 
• Allow users to work on Windows edition like 10, 8.1, 8, 7, XP etc. 
• Capable for latest Outlook Version 2010 and all earliest versions 2013, 2010, 2007 etc. 
• Both of ANSI and UNICODE PST files are supported 
• Maintain folder hierarchy of PST files 

Get Free Evaluation with PST Exporter software 

For users, free evaluation of the software is provided to let them understand the complete process to extract PST from Exchange Server to different file formats, like EMLX, EML, PDF,  MBOX, MSG, VCF and ICS etc. But this free demo of this software convert only first 20 emails, contacts and calendars to supported formats. if you want to unrestricted conversion of Exchange Server data with all details and formatting, then purchase its licensed edition only at $65.