How to Import Lotus Notes .nsf File to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013? See It Here
The article focuses upon providing a free solution on how to import Lotus Notes .nsf file to Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, etc. One should first read the method thoroughly and then, begin with implementation.
Organizations are constantly preparing themselves to be as quick as they can be in communications. In this situation, if organizational individuals are working with IBM Notes email client, its time to give a second thought to this. Well in the corporate world, Microsoft Outlook is well-known among its users because it comprises of simple GUI and email management solutions. Whereas on the other hand, IBM Notes has complex GUI that makes it difficult for normal users to work with it.
In addition to this, Microsoft Outlook profile could be used with several machines whereas, IBM Notes can only be accessed on its configured machine. The rising popularity of Microsoft desktop-based email client forced organizations to migrate from Lotus to Microsoft Outlook. This requires importing of NSF files into Outlook mail client. The only fear that officials have is that they are unknown from the exact solution through which they can import Lotus Notes NSF file into Outlook. Therefore, we came live with this informative post to explain the manual method of moving Lotus Notes to Outlook migration. Also, you can know how to read Lotus Notes NSF files in Outlook
Convert Lotus Notes NSF File to Outlook PST File for Free
Though the Domino to Exchange server migration is quite easy still, users get stuck while converting NSF files to PST. There are innumerable causes that result in data deletion and data corruption. So, be conscious when you are executing the explained steps! The procedure to import Lotus Notes .nsf file to Outlook is divided into two main steps – Exporting Notes Files and Importing Resultant Notes files in Outlook. We are going to illustrate both these steps in brief.
Step 1 : Exporting of IBM Notes Files to Microsoft Outlook
1. Launch Lotus Notes email client on your PC and click on Mail tab
2. Move the mouse cursor towards menu bar and click on the File option
3. Click on the Export option from the displayed list of options to open the Export wizard of IBM Notes
4. Continue with importing of Lotus Notes .nsf file to Outlook by defining the PC location where you want to Save the exported file.
5. Go the field of Save as type and change the file format either to Tabular text or Structured Text.
Note – Tabular text file and structured text file format – both are compatible with Outlook client. If you have chosen ‘Structured text file’, use PST file option at the time of importing file in Outlook; else choose CSV
6. Finally, hit on Export button to execute the process and enable source email client to convert Lotus Notes NSF file to Outlook PST file
Step 2 : Import Resultant File in Outlook
You will begin with this step only when the procedure of Step (1) gets completely finished.
1. Open Microsoft Outlook 2019, 2016, 2013, etc., email client in which NSF file is to be imported.
2. Click on File >> Open & Export and then choose Import/Export option to import Lotus Notes .nsf file to Outlook
3. This opens an Import and Export wizard where you have to click on Import from another program option, and click Next
4. Now two options appear from which you have to select anyone. This decision will be made as per the file format selected in Step (1). Here, we are choosing Comma Separated Values. Click on Next to continue with converting of Lotus Notes NSF to Outlook PST.
5. Select the file from local PC’s location where you have saved exported NSF file by clicking on Browse button. Once you are done with file selection procedure, click on Next to export Lotus Notes NSF to PST
6. At last, click on Finish button to allow Outlook to read the file and import its content.
Hope That You Have Completed the Procedure
The procedure illustrated in this post is executable but, only for NSF files of small size. If a large-sized NSF file is imported in Outlook with this method, it is going to consume at least 48 hours for completion. Even after this there is go guarantee whether all data of large-sized NSF database will be migrated in Outlook or not. To deal with such kind of situation, we suggest our clients to purchase any of the licensed Lotus Notes to Outlook migration software. These products are the third-party applications, which are having ability to import Lotus Notes .nsf file to Outlook without hampering the data integrity. One can search for anyone of the suitable software on internet, which is available within your affordable price range and have good customer ratings.
