Moving calendar from PST to Exchange Server

[jhunter]

How do I move Outlook 2003 calendar data from a PST to Exchange Server
(which we recently installed)?

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

You need to have a mailbox on the Exchange Server to transfer the
information to.

Nikki Peterson

 

[jhunter]

Yeah, I know we need a exchange mailbox. I alreay have the exchange
mailbox/folders in Outlook 2003 on this computer. AND, I still have
the PST file in Outlook 2003 on this computer. How do I move the
calendar stuff from the PST (calendar) to the exchange mailbox/
folders? Is it simply drag & drop??

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yeah, I know we need a exchange mailbox. I alreay have the exchange
mailbox/folders in Outlook 2003 on this computer. AND, I still have
the PST file in Outlook 2003 on this computer. How do I move the
calendar stuff from the PST (calendar) to the exchange mailbox/
folders? Is it simply drag & drop??

If you have both the Exchange mailbox and the PST connected in the same
profile, yes, drag-and-drop works fine.

 

[Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]]

Yes, it is that simple.

- Open the mailbox using Outlook.
- Open the PST using the FILE menu in Outlook.(NOTE: If the pst
file is on a CD, you will need to copy it to a drive and remove the
"Read Only" attribute first)

Nikki Peterson

 

[Oliver Vukovics [Public Shareware]]

Hi jhunter,

to copy only the calendar items and not the complete calendar:

Click on the Calendar in the PST file and change the "View" to "Categories"

Select the first item and with "Ctrl.+a" (select all) you can activate all
items.

Now you can move with your mouse all items from one folder to the other
without to copy

Maybe it helps.

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share your Outlook PST files without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Synchronisation for Outlook and Exchange: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com

select the calendar in the PST file.

 

[Grant - CNW]

I tend to prefer to IMPORT the old Outlook 2003 data (saved/exported to a
PST file) into new Outlook account/mailbox that has been setup for Exchange
only. Why? Because it (1) creates a backup of your Outlook 2003 data
(just in case!), (2) allows you on IMPORT into Exchange mail folder to
determine what folders are imported, where and (3) you can determine what to
do in case of DUPLICATE entries, and finally (4) allows some control over
what data is imported into new mailbox (filters, etc).

Although COPY-PASTE does work, it can be slower using GUI interface. I
have also seen errors in terms of codepage translation between Outlook and
Exchange hosted data... and copying calendar entries is sometimes not so
"easy" usign the GUI. I always feel too that the resulting Exchange
mailbox is possibly more "defragged" as the data is imported sequentially...
not sure if GUI does the same.

Just my comments from my experience...

Grant - CNW

 

[Grant - CNW]

Oh... forgot to mention... if you have a PDA (eg Palm, Pocket PC) or
Blackberry... you should re-install the software and point it to use the new
Outlook profile... to ensure hooks, etc installed correctly....

 

[Brian Tillman]

I tend to prefer to IMPORT the old Outlook 2003 data (saved/exported
to a PST file) into new Outlook account/mailbox that has been setup
for Exchange only. Why? Because it (1) creates a backup of your
Outlook 2003 data (just in case!), (2) allows you on IMPORT into
Exchange mail folder to determine what folders are imported, where
and (3) you can determine what to do in case of DUPLICATE entries,
and finally (4) allows some control over what data is imported into
new mailbox (filters, etc).

It can also lose data. Connections between contacts and their
birthdays/anniversaries are lost, Distribution Lists won't import,
connections between contacts and their journal entries can be lost, and
there are other issues with importing as well.