This solution is functional but not very secure. These were usually doled out in single gigabyte increases.īecause of these storage limitations, many users chose to store their old mail messages locally, in PST archive files on their primary PC or laptop. Enterprise Exchange started users with 500 megabytes of storage (a half gigabyte) and then required Help Desk tickets to acquire additional space. This represents a significant increase in available space when compared to the default storage allocation of the older, on-premises Microsoft Exchange service (Enterprise Exchange). These instructions cover how to move saved messages from local mail archives (PST files) to your online Office 365 mail storage space on the Microsoft cloud.Īll Pitt Email (Outlook) users that have been migrated to Office 365 Mail are allocated at least 50 gigabytes of storage space on the Microsoft cloud. One feature that most users will appreciate is the increased amount of storage space for saved mail. The University’s migration of faculty and staff electronic mailboxes to Office 365 is bringing many new benefits to Pitt Email users.
