Are you having a Zimbra backup on the system that you want to restore into Office 365 account? Wondering how to restore Zimbra backup to Office 365 with all emails, contacts, calendars, briefcases, and other items safely? No worries, the blog will provide you the best technique and help you resolving the issue in a minimum time.
Nowadays, every business needs email system. No doubt, it works as an essential communication tool for the organization.
So, it is necessary to have a system that is resilient, secure, affordable, and easy-to-use. However, Zimbra Collaboration is one of them. It is a collaboration suite that includes messaging and collaboration solution supporting integration with calendar and contacts feature. Apart from this, it is equipped with Document Storage, Mini Calendar, Editing, Instant Messaging, and Easy-to-use Administrative Tools.
It has both client and server components. And, at one time, it also provided desktop-supported email client to users which was quite popular as Zimbra Desktop. Currently, two versions of Zimbra are available i.e. Open-Source which is commercially supported (Network Edition) and a closed-source components such as MAPI i.e. Messaging Application Programming Interface.
Zimbra undoubtedly, is one of the oldest and most used applications. But, as new advanced email services are launching day-by-day, even cloud-based apps are gaining popularity in today’s era. They provides flexibility and security to users. One of them is Microsoft Office 365.
Why Users are moving to Office 365?
Office 365 is a cloud-based productivity collaboration suite offered by Microsoft. It includes wide range of applications and services designed to provide support to individuals in their businesses to work more effectively, enhance productivity, and work seamlessly. One can say it is a desktop-based version of Microsoft Office Suite because it has all the tools and applications present in Microsoft Office Suite for Desktop such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.
Some of its wonderful benefits are mentioned below:
- Available for both desktop and web use and allow users to create, edit, share documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and etc.
- Provides cloud storage and so users can easily access the important files in the need of emergency as it only requires internet connection.
- Deliver tools for collaboration in real-time such as video conferencing, chat, integrations, file sharing, and more.
- Offers robust security measures such as multi-factor authentication, data encryption, and advanced threat detection.
- Helps organization in managing data governance and meet their compliance standards.
Office 365 has a lot more other exceptional features that help businesses in enhancing productivity, support collaboration, and offers streamline communication within all types of organizations.
How to Restore Zimbra Backup to Office 365?
You will find no manual way to restore Zimbra backup to Office 365. So, make use of CubexSoft Zimbra to Office 365 Migration Tool which is safe, advanced, and powerful. It is a secure solution that is designed with a friendly platform that is accessible by all types of users. No technical skills are needed to operate the application. Even, the entire operation will take few seconds and delivers 100% accurate result in a short time. And, the best thing about the solution is that it has a batch mode property which will save the time of users and performs the batch migration of Zimbra mailboxes at once.
Moreover, the application is designed with incredible features that allow users to restore Zimbra backup to Office 365 as per their specific needs. And, the best thing is one can restore both on-premises and webmail mailboxes into Office 365 environment. Download the free demo now and know the entire procedure of the tool for free.
Working Steps to Restore Zimbra Backup to Office 365
Step 1. Download, and run CubexSoft Zimbra to Office 365 App on a Win machine. Select the option of Zimbra On-Premise Mailboxes if you have Zimbra mailboxes stored on the system. Go with the second option i.e. Zimbra Cloud-Hosted Mailboxes if you want to restore Zimbra webmail emails into O365 profile. Pick the necessary option and click on Next.
Note. We have selected the first option and continuing the process as per the same.
Step 2. Click on Add File(s) button appearing on the top-left of the software window. After clicking on it you will get the sub-options i.e. Add TGZ File(s)/Add Folders/Add Extracted TGZ items. Choose the necessary option and add Zimbra backup mailboxes on the software pane.
Step 3. The tool now analyze the selected files and list them one-by-one on the application panel. And, as soon as users click on the required item, its associated files will appear on the right-side of the screen. You can click on the required listed file and view its content using Preview window.
Step 4. Go to Export button and select Office 365 option from the menu.
Step 5. Provide Office 365 email address and set the other options i.e. categories and filters as per your need and click on the Connect button.
Step 6. The Microsoft login screen will display in which users need to provide the password of a specified O365 email ID. Click Next.
Note. If you have added the admin details, then after clicking the Next button, you will see Mailbox Mapping Window. It will ask you to upload a CSV file containing multiple Zimbra accounts with password. However, the procedure will help in the batch migration of Zimbra mailboxes. And, if single user details are added, then clicking the Connect button will right away start the migration procedure.
Step 7. The procedure will start and immediately finishes with a message “Conversion Completed Successfully”. Click on the OK button and go to Office 365 profile to verify the result.
You will see that the migration is performed without altering the originality of files and folder structure.
Conclusion
The blog has discussed a solution an incomparable method to restore Zimbra backup to Office 365. The CubexSoft Zimbra Converter is an advanced app that anyone can handle independently and perform the migration without data loss. It is fast and safe-to-use and delivers accurate results in a short time. Download the free demo of the tool now and check the entire migration procedure of the software for free. Also, restore first 25 Zimbra files to Office 365 account free of cost.
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