This guide contains instructions for how to transfer emails from one Microsoft 365 email inbox to another Microsoft 365 email inbox.
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Note: If both accounts have already been added to Outlook you can skip the first section and proceed to the section(s) below.
Adding both accounts to Outlook
Go to Files > Info > +Add Account
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8. Now that the 2 accounts are added to Outlook.
Moving the entire inbox
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We recommend making a backup file of your emails before starting the migration. Please follow the steps on how to do so from Microsoft! In the example below, emails are being moved from the second inbox to the first inbox. |
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8. Sign in to the first inbox (username@uwaterloo.ca) to check for the emails
Moving selected emails
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We recommend making a backup file of your emails before starting the migration. Please follow the steps on how to do so from Microsoft! |
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With the Windows Outlook app open, select the emails from the inbox that you would like transferred
To select multiple emails, hold the Control key and click on the emails you would like, selected emails will be highlighted in light blue
You may want to transfer emails in batches if you have a large inbox.
Click on the first email you would like to transfer, then holding the Shift key, select the last email you would like to transfer. The emails listed in between the selected emails, will be transferred in a batch.
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