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Export Exchange Public Folder to PST | Using Outlook & Professional Solution

The user export Exchange Public Folder to PST because it contains sensitive data and provides shared access to the other users in the organization to collect, organize, and share information.

Public folder store, organize, maintain a hierarchy, and share the Exchange data with the users in and out of the organization. Users can view the complete hierarchy of Public folder in Outlook, which helps them to find the information easily.

That’s why user export Exchange Public Folder to PST. If in future any disaster happens and all the public folder gets deleted or lost. Then this Outlook Data File works as a backup for the user and retrieves all their critical data.

Note: Users can export the pub.edb file by using Outlook in only one condition and that is the Public folder should be in a healthy state.

Don’t Worry!

There is a solution through which user can able to export unhealthy/corrupted / damaged Exchange Public Folder. Users can use the professional tool i.e.  EDB to PST Converter which allows the users to load and export all these Public Folder into PST described in this paragraph.

Manual Steps to Export Exchange 2010 Public Folder to PST | Using Outlook

Step 1: Go to “File” tab > Select “Open & Export”

select open and export

 

Step 2: Click Import/Export

click on import/export

 

Step 3: Choose “Export to a file” > Click “Next”

select export to a file

 

Step 4: In order to create the file select “Outlook Data File (.pst)” > Click “Next”

select .pst file

 

Step 5: Select “Public Folder” > Click on “Include Subfolders” > Click “Next”

select public folder

 

Step 6: Click on “Browse” > Set the target location to save your Exchange Public Folder > Click on “Finish” button

set destination location

 

Step 7: Now user successfully export Exchange Public Folder to PST file format.

Limitations Of Using This Method:

  1. It cannot export unhealthy Public Folder
  2. Time-consuming process
  3. The solution export only one pub.edb file at a time
  4. It creates problems like Data consistency and Integrity after Export
  5. User cannot export large Exchange Public Folder by using this solution

Note: If the above solution doesn’t works for you then go for a professional solution which can extract public folders from offline EDB files and then export data from public folder .edb file to Outlook Data File file.

Export the Exchange Server Public Folder Using Automated Solution

The EDB to PST Converter overcome all the limitations that the manual solution cannot able to perform. The utility allows users to load unhealthy, offline, damaged, dismount Exchange Public Folder can remove all the error or corruption. The tool also supports Private Exchange Database Mailboxes.

Users can export multiple Exchange Public Folder of any size into PST. Along with this, it is also capable to convert the Exchange Database file into various file formats i.e. PDF, HTML, MSG, EML, and MBOX.

The tool doesn’t create any type of issue such as integrity and data consistency after export. Also, users can recover corrupted and permanently deleted mailboxes. It does not consume time while doing its operation.

Note: This software can export Exchange 2007 / 2010 / 2013 Public Folder to PST file format.

Key Feature Of Professional Software

  1. It export both priv.edb & pub.edb file.
  2. Preview EDB Mailbox data items (emails, contacts, calendars, tasks, journals, notes)
  3. Maintain folder hierarchy and data integrity
  4. Provide category and date-based filter option
  5. Remove email encryption (SMIME/OpenPGP) from Exchange Mailboxes
  6. Support all version of Exchange Server, Outlook and Windows Operating System

Step by Step Procedure to Export Exchange Public Folder to PST

Step 1: Download and run the professional software                                                                                       download software

 

Step 2: Click on Add file button and Load Exchange Public Folder

Note: If the user Public folder is unhealthy or corrupted, select the Advance Scan option to recover the pub.edb file.

click add file

 

 

Step 3: Preview Exchange Public Folder and click on Export

preview public folders

 

Step 4: Check all the pub.edb file and select export type as PST > Click on browse button to select the destination location > Click on export

Note: If a user wants to split Outlook Data File (PST), send Public Folder of a specific period of time or individually send data items. They can click on Advance Settings and apply for these options.

click export

 

Step 5: Now user can view the resultant file in the target/destination folder.

Bringing It All Together

In this write-up, I have discussed why users want to export Exchange Public Folder to PST and also provided the manual and professional solution. Now users also know about why the manual solution is not better for them because of its certain limitations. That’s why everyone prefers to use automated tool which helps the user to recover corrupted or unhealthy Public Folder into Outlook Data File and various formats.

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Mark Jonathan Smith

Mark Jonathan Smith is a Tech. Blogger & he wrote posts on various topics related to Exchange Server & MS Outlook issues, conversion & migration. Mark is a MCITP certified & he continues focus on Active Directory, Exchange Server & Outlook.