Microsoft doesn’t have a native method for Office 365 mailbox backup. In this case, most users prefer to Export Office 365 mailbox to PST to back up their online data in local drive, and Office 365 also grants you to Export Office 365 mailbox to PST format.

One can perform an Office 365 export mailbox to PST following the eDiscovery method, but it can create duplicates, miss items, corrupt PST files, and the export process can take too long.

Many Office 365 administrators and Microsoft MVPs suggest using a third-party tool.

Shoviv Exchange Recovery Manager:

It is a desktop-based software solution and can quickly export Office 365 mailboxes into PST files. It holds many advanced features. Such as:

• It helps to Export Office 365 mailbox to PST securely. • There is also an advanced feature of Incremental export to PST files. • Provides a filter option to exclude unwanted items from the Office 365 mailboxes. • It allows creating both types of PST files i.e. Unicode and ANSI files. • A free trial version is available that helps to declare the ability and effectiveness of the tool.

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