Office 365 Public Folders

Use batch migration to migrate legacy public folders to microsoft 365 or office 365 and exchange online.

Office 365 public folders. This script synchronizes mail enabled public folder objects from your local exchange on premises deployment with microsoft 365 or office 365. Migrating public folders to microsoft 365 or office 365 and exchange online public folders are designed for shared access and provide an easy and effective way to collect organize and share information with other people in your workgroup or organization. In the exchange admin center select public folders.

If you can t see public folders in the folder pane press ctrl 6. In the folder pane right click the public folder to set permissions and then click properties. 2 minutes to read 2.

An exchange online office 365 or microsoft 365 user must be represented by a mailuser object in the exchange on premises environment in order to access exchange server public folders. They must set it up for you. Public folders help organize content in a deep hierarchy that s easy to browse.

If necessary scroll to the public folders node in the navigation pane. It uses the local exchange on premises deployment as master to determine what changes need to be applied to microsoft 365 or office 365. Permissions descend from owner with all the rights to contributor with the fewest rights.

If you don t see a public folders section in the folder pane see your local exchange email administrator. Click the three dots on the navigation bar and the click folders. Press ctrl 6 to see public folders in the folder pane.

Right click the public folder that you want to add to favorites then select add to. A shared mailbox stores email in folders which is accessible by multiple users. Users with outlook 2010 clients can click folders at the bottom of the navigation pane.