Best DIY Guide to Migrate Yahoo Email to Office 365

Methods to Move Yahoo Mail Emails to Office 365

The fact is that it is not possible to migrate Yahoo Mail to Office 365 directly without using any third-party tool. You have to follow 2 major steps one by one. These 2 stages are:

1. First of all, you need to convert Yahoo Mail to Office 365 via PST file format.
2. After the successful conversion, Import the PST file to Office 365 account.

If the above major steps won’t work, then you can use the Sysinfo Yahoo Backup Tool for a smooth Yahoo to Office 365 Migration.

Method 1- Import Yahoo Emails to O365 without Software

As we have told you earlier that there are two major steps involved in migrating Yahoo to O365 manually, so you can check Step 1 below.

Step 1- Export Yahoo Mail to Office 365 via Outlook Method. (PST File Format)

In order to covert Yahoo mail to Office 365 via Outlook data file format, a user needs to follow the steps given below:

• Initially, you have to set up Yahoo! to enable Allow apps that use a less secure sign-in option, and for that change the Account Security of Yahoo Mail.

• Now, open Outlook and go to File >> Info >> Add Account >> Manually Configure Server Settings. After that click Next to continue.

• In Choose Your Account Type window, select the POP3 or IMAP option and click on Next to continue.

• Enter all credentials i.e. Yahoo email address and password. After that, in the incoming mail server field, type pop.mail.yahoo.com and in the outgoing server field, type smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

• Now, click on the More Settings option and in the POP and IMAP Account Settings, enter a name for the account.

• In the Internet Email Settings window, select the Outgoing Server tab and check the Use Same Settings as My Incoming Mail Server and My SMTP Requires Authentication options.

• Now, choose the Advanced tab and for the POP3 server, type 995 and for the SMTP server, type 465. Select SSL as the encryption type and check the This Server Requires an Encrypted Connection option.

• And, click on OK >> Next button and then click on the Finish option. After that, Exit and Restart Outlook.

• Finally, click on the Send/Receive tab and choose to Send/Receive All Folders option. All of your Yahoo data are present in Outlook.

• In the last, recheck the default location to confirm if the exported yahoo file is saved or not.

Step 2- Convert Exported Yahoo Email to Office 365 Account.

To convert exported data there are two options available. You can choose any of them which suit you the most.

Approach #1. Utilizing Network upload.

1. To start, copy the SAS URL and install Azure AzCopy on the machine.
2. Upload all files to Office 365 account.
3. Now, you need to view the uploaded files to continue the process.
4. Now, create a new import mapping file.
5. Finally, you have to create an import job in Office 365.

Approach #2. By using Drive Shipping.

1. Copy the files in a BitLocker-encrypted hard disk.
2. After that, transfer the drive to Microsoft physically.
3. From the hard disk, start uploading the data personnel to a location, which is temporary in the cloud of Microsoft.
4. Now, you can take the help of Office 365 Import service to convert exported Yahoo Emails to Office 365 accounts.

Method 2-  Way to Export Yahoo Mail to Office 365 Directly with Software

The manual method becomes lengthy also there are chances of data loss. As there is no such direct method available to migrate Yahoo Email to Office 365 except the automated tool. Therefore, to have an accurate and error-free migration and to overcome all the manual procedure limitations, one can try the third-party utility.

Steps to Move All Emails from Yahoo Mail to Office 365

• Launch Yahoo Mail Backup Software and choose Yahoo Mail.
• Then enter the Yahoo Mail ID, Password, Hostname, and Port No.
• Now mark the emails that you want to migrate to Office 365.
• In the Save As option, choose Office 365 and authenticate the Login.
• Finally, click on the Convert Button and all your Yahoo Emails will be migrated to Office 365.

Bottom Lines

You can see that there are two methods that will help you in the Yahoo to Office 365 migration. You are free to choose any method. But the best way to migrate Yahoo email to Office 365 is to launch the Yahoo Backup Tool, enter Yahoo Account Details, Mark Emails, Choose the Saving Option as Office 365, Authenticate login, and finally perform the migration. So, the ball is in your court and you will have to decide which method will be appropriate for you.