How to Open Backup Emails in Outlook? Resolved!

Aug 28
20:44

2013

Freya Jordan

Freya Jordan

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This article explains the best possible way to open and read the exchange backup emails in Outlook PST file. You can save all exchange mailbox items within Outlook PST file in a go without putting much effort.

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I realize the actual problem of exchange user when a user came to enquire about how to open backup emails in Outlook without having an exchange environment.

The user was in a situation where he has the exchange mailboxes for multiple user emails and due to exchange server crash,How to Open Backup Emails in Outlook? Resolved! Articles he couldn’t use the data. Only way of doing this to somehow export exchange backup mails to Outlook PST file and read the mails in offline mode. 

From there I comprehended that use of exchange server although makes the organization data secure from outside world but it causes the substantial barrier in the work flow as uptime is not guaranteed. Thus, backing up exchange files and folders at regular interval is recommended to the system admin for disaster management.

How to Create Exchange Backup Emails?

Before the switching to the point how to open backup emails in outlook, let’s talk about how we can take the backup of exchange mailboxes within your windows machine.

Microsoft provides a free windows backup utility through which you can take the backup of your machine as well as exchange server mailboxes. This utility is termed as NT backup utility or System Backup and restore program in windows 7 and 8. As you run the ntbackup.exe file, a backup and restore wizard will open through which you can simply create the complete backup of all your exchange mailboxes.

After completion of backup process, this NT backup utility will create BKF file, which get saved as backup.bkf file by default. It also contains all the mailboxes, files and folders. This exchange backup file can then be used in future for restoration, if exchange server goes down.

How to Open Exchange Backup Emails in Outlook?

The need to open or access exchange files on Outlook PST file originates in following circumstances:

  • When exchange server is down or inactive
  • Crashing of MS exchange environment
  • Using machine having no server environment
  • Need to read exchange BKF file remotely.

In all the above mentioned situations, the wok become easier if you have one such program, which let you open backup emails in Outlook. SysTools exchange BKF to PST converter is one such magical solution for batch migration of exchange mailboxes to Outlook PST file  . This program is specifically designed to read, preview and convert Exchange backup.bkf file into Outlook PST file. You can take a free trial tour of the software to learn how to open exchange backup emails in Outlook.