How to Export Offline Exchange Database to Outlook PST

Microsoft Exchange Server is a mail and calendaring sever which is being widely used in many organization including small and large scale. Exchange Server is compatible with Outlook email client since it manages users’ mailbox that store emails, messages, contacts, calendars, journals, & tasks. All the data of Exchange is stored in a file having EDB extension. This EDB file can easily become corrupt, dismounted, or offline.

In this article, we will discuss about the reliable method to export offline Exchange database to PST.

When EDB file becomes Offline/Dismounted?

Exchange database can become offline or dismounted due to several reasons. Some of them are listed below:

• There are situations when Exchange administrator needs to disconnect the mailboxes from Exchange Server. Once the database has been disconnected, it will be called Offline EDB file.
• If Exchange Server is not installed on the system and you have a EDB file then it is considered as offline EDB.
• Another reason which makes EDB file offline is when Exchange mailbox got corrupt which in turn cannot be mounted back to Exchange Server. The reasons behind corruption are virus infection, application malfunction, sudden shut down, and many more.

Way to Repair and Export Offline Exchange Database

Exchange database can easily be exported to PST file with inbuilt New-MailboxExportRequest cmdlet. But this PowerShell command works only with online database. When it comes to exporting Offline EDB to PST then this command-line utility fails. To convert offline/dismounted Exchange database, one had better go for a third party tool. One such software is EDB to PST Converter which repair and export corrupt, dismounted database in easy 4 steps. It is mainly designed to export mailbox from offline exchange database to PST without Exchange server environment. The resultant large PST file can be split into multiple files using split PST option. Moreover, the tool convert encrypted as well as password protected EDB file without any data loss. It not only convert EDB to Outlook PST but also perform Live Exchange Migration.

EDB to PST Converter to Export Offline Exchange database to PST.

The application repairs corrupt, offline, dismounted EDB files and convert it into Outlook PST. The tool is available in two versions, one is free trial edition and another is complete software. Users can evaluate its working by downloading the demo version at no cost at all. The below screenshots of the tool will elaborate the conversion process:

Step 1: Browse EDB file. When EDB file (priv1.edb, pub1.edb) is added, its corresponding STM file get automatically loaded.

Step 2: Once EDB file is loaded, scanning process gets started which repair if the file is corrupted.

Step 3: Generate preview of EDB file. You can check/uncheck items so as to export desirable data to PST.

Step 4: The last step will export offline Exchange database to PST in user defined location.

Conclusion: In the above article, we discussed how Exchange database become offline and also migration method to convert offline EDB file to Outlook PST in easy 4 steps.