Reasons that force you to convert OST
Monday, April 19th, 2010There are millions of Outlook users across the world and all of them prefer Outlook due to its advanced features such the feature of working Offline. The main advantage of OST files is that these files allow Outlook users to work offline in Non-Exchange environment by serving them the purpose of utilizing time when they are offline. Using OST file, a user can create, edit or delete emails, contacts, notes, journals, and appointments etc when they are not online on Exchange Server. But still there are times when you have to convert ost to pst. Mentioned below are such situations:
User mailbox been deleted from MS Exchange Server- Suppose your mailbox gets deleted from Exchange Server and after sometime you realize you need some mailbox back. Now if the OST file is there with you, you can easily and quickly convert ost to pst and access the data with MS Outlook.
Also, suppose you are going abroad for a business meeting and you take your OST file along (where Exchange Server is absent). Now until you convert ost to pst, you won’t be able to access the email items.
EDB file gets damaged- Due repetitive utilization of EDB database; your Exchange Server database file gets corrupt. At this point in time, your OST file acts as a backup of your previous data. Convert ost to pst and access your email data by accessing the recovered data with MS Outlook.
Exchange Server crashes- Only issue with OST file is that you cannot access email and other items with MS Outlook. In order to access emails from ost file you have to convert ost to pst so that the data can be accessed directly with MS Outlook.
2 GB limitation- MS Outlook versions from 97, 98, 2000, 2002 or 2003 have a 2 GB maximum limit for Offline Folder Store (OST) and Local Personal Store (PST) files. If not taken care of this issue, it can corrupt the entire database, therefore it’s better to convert ost and access mails with MS Outlook for ease in manageability.
All these above-mentioned issues lead you to convert OST to PST so that you can access email items in these files easily.
