Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365 is not simply about copying and pasting the files from one database to the other. Primarily because the files Thunderbird uses are not compatible with Outlook. There are also no direct or official support to migrate the data directly, leaving you with only few options.
Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365 (Mac & Windows)
One of which is to sync the data to an email account/server to and from both clients respectively. Technically, an email server is just an intermediary between both Thunderbird and Outlook (Office 365).
But such manual tactics have their flaws. And for certain users, these flaws could amount to a big problem that renders the whole method useless for them.
Other techniques similar to the one above are also highly inefficient.
One of the biggest issues or complications that arises out of these unprofessional approaches is the incomplete migration from Thunderbird to Outlook 365. Many of the details of your Thunderbird are left behind. If you open the final Outlook data, you can find many images, attachments, email addresses, and more similar items completely missing.
Other concerns include difficulty, learning curve, errors, time, and more.
So, now, back to our original question: how do you migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365 while sidestepping all those problems?
Tool to Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365 for Mac & Windows
USL Software seems to have a convincing answer in their one of the most ambitious software solutions to date, called ‘Mail Extractor Pro‘.
It is a complete software to convert data from many sources, one of which includes Thunderbird. The greatest feature it has to offer is the direct auto-loading of Thunderbird database rather than asking users to manually upload files for conversion. This simple trick saves you time, but more importantly, it converts all the information cleanly and free of integrity hiccups.
The tool brings many other helpful features that were missing previously from other Thunderbird to Outlook converter, like ignoring empty folders, direct auto-loading, conversion log (brief and detailed), and so on.
It is important to note that ‘Mail Extractor Pro‘ gives you PST files as the output. This means that you can import them in Outlook for both Mac and Windows. PST is natively the file format used by Windows Outlook but can also be applied for importing data in Mac version. This is an excellent little feature that makes this tool a perfect fit for both professional and home use.
The sophisticated programming at its core protect the tiny details of email databases with high precision.
Remember we talked about missing graphics, attachments, headers, and so on? That is no more a problem with ‘Mail Extractor Pro‘. Everything, no matter how large or small, will be picked up and processed by this tool here.
You can even use it free of cost for trial purposes.
How to Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365
- First, Launch ‘Mail Extractor Pro‘.
- Click on ‘Load’, next to ‘Thunderbird/Postbox‘.
- Loading Thunderbird Database
- Auto Load – Auto detect Thunderbird Mail data for conversion.
- Open – To browse Thunderbird ‘Profile’ folder from backup.
- Now check / uncheck folders from preview [Optional]
- Check on ‘Ignore Empty Folders’, it will ignore all empty items from conversion. [Optional]
- Set the PST file Size (If have large Mailbox, 15 GB is Recommended)
- Click on ‘Convert‘.
- Now select a folder to save the output file. Click ‘Save‘.
- Then it will start converting your your file.
- At the end, You will get the Output PST file for Outlook and the full conversion log report.
NOTE: It can help to migrate both Windows & Mac Thunderbird. If you have Windows Thunderbird, Then just copy the Profile Folder of Thunderbird and convert it on your Mac.
Get it to Migrate Thunderbird to Outlook
USL Software offers every one of their software products with a free trial version, and there is no exception here with ‘Mail Extractor Pro‘. It works on every ten items per folder inside your selected input database (Thunderbird, in this case), but gives you access to try out all the features.
Click here to download it and migrate Thunderbird to Outlook 365 for Mac & Windows (All versions).