Here’s How to Migrate Roundcube to Office 365 in 2024

About Roundcube Webmail and MS Office 365

Roundcube Webmail is an open-source and completely free-of-cost IMAP email client. With its easy-to-navigate interface and incredible features like three-column view and attachment previews, it is popularly opted among users. Unfortunately, most users tend to move their email data from this platform to other email services like Google Workspace and Office 365.

Office 365, on the other hand, is another popular tech giant in the email management industry. This productivity suite offers a plethora of astonishing features to its users. There is no doubt that Office 365 is one of the primary choices of destination for users to migrate their Roundcube webmail emails. In the following segment, we will discuss the top reasons that attract users to move their data.

Reasons To Opt for MS Office 365 Over Roundcube Webmail

There are several reasons why it turns out to be highly beneficial for users to switch their email data from Roundcube to the Office 365 account mailbox. In this segment, we will shed light on the said advantages.

• Amplified Collaboration: The Roundcube to O365 migration essentially affects the collaborative aspects. Since Office 365 is a productivity suite, it includes a variety of productivity applications that are seamlessly integrated.
• Access Emails from Anywhere: As we are aware, the Office 365 suite is cloud-based. Due to this, users can easily access their emails and other O365 data from any device with a stable internet connection and from anywhere in the world.
• Cost-Effective & Sustainable: MS Office 365 is not just cloud-based but also a subscription-based email service. This consequently reduces the large up-front costs for a new application. You can simply access one subscription account on multiple devices without any issues.
• Enhanced Security: Microsoft 365 has numerous built-in security features that robustly protect sensitive data like credit cards and social security numbers. The features include Data Loss Prevention, Mobile Device Management, Message Encryption, Advanced Threat Analytics, etc.

So these are the top reasons users look to move their emails from Roundcube to MS Office 365. Now that we know the migration benefits, let us dive further and see how you can accomplish it.

Manually Migrate Your Roundcube Emails to Office 365 Mailbox

In this segment, we will discuss how you can manually migrate your email messages and other data from Roundcube webmail to MS Office 365 account mailbox. This procedure is divided into two phases which include further substeps. Let’s take a look at how to execute this solution.

Phase #1: Download Emails from Roundcube

This first phase of the manual solution involves saving emails from your Roundcube account. Here’s how to execute it.

• Sign in to your Roundcube webmail account.
• Next, select and highlight the email message you wish to download.
• Afterward, click on the “More” button and then, choose the “Download (.eml)” option from the menu.
• Upon doing so, your email is successfully downloaded as an EML file.

And done! That’s how you can easily download your Roundcube webmail email in an EML file. Repeat this process for all the emails you wish to migrate to your Office 365 account mailbox. Once done with that, move on to the next step that we have shared in the upcoming segment of this blog post.

Phase #2: Migrate Downloaded Roundcube Emails into O365 Mailbox

Once you have downloaded your emails and other data from roundcube, it is time to import it into the Office 365 mailbox. Here’s how to execute it:

• Select the EML file/s you downloaded from Roundcube.
• Drag and drop them into an Office 365 folder.

Voila! You’re done! That’s all the steps to execute the process effortlessly. Unfortunately, this second phase of the manual solution comes with certain drawbacks due to which technical experts strongly suggest that users only import EML files into Outlook 365 the professional way. So, let us move further and see the limitations of the manual approach.

Limitations of the Manual Approach

• You can only download and save one Roundcube email at a time. Therefore, if you have a large number of Roundcube emails that you want to migrate to Office 365, the manual approach may get cumbersome for you.
• If you manually drag and drop your downloaded Roundcube emails in an Office 365 folder, then sure it will import, however, it will show incorrect information upfront when you try to open your imported emails. Due to this procedure, you will see your Outlook email address instead of the email’s actual sender.

These hindrances make the manual procedure quite time-consuming and stressful for users to execute. Therefore, to save you from the hassle, we have also brought you an incredible automated solution recommended by numerous technical professionals. Let’s read more about it.

Steps to Import Roundcube Emails to Office 365 Mailbox

• Install and launch the Corbett Roundcube Webmail Backup Tool on your Windows OS computer.
• Once launched, click on “Open” >> “Email Accounts” >> “Add Accounts”.
• Afterward, enter your Roundcube webmail credentials in the required fields to add your Roundcube account to the software.
• Once done, the tool will automatically load all your Roundcube mailbox data into its dedicated panel. You can easily preview your uploaded data, and that too, in 5 different view modes in the panel.
• At last, click the “Export” tab and select the “Office 365” option from the dropdown menu.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully accomplished the migration. As you see, this process to export all emails from Roundcube to Outlook 365 (the Office 365 account mailbox) was quite easy and hassle-free compared to the manual one. This is because the tool is capable of directly importing emails from Roundcube to the user’s MS Office 365 mailbox.

So There You Have It

This article discussed the top ways to migrate Roundcube emails to Office 365 mailbox. In this article, we shared both manual and automated solutions to accomplish the task. Unfortunately, the manual approach turns out to be quite lengthy and tedious for users to perform. Therefore, technical professionals strongly recommend users go for the above-shared Roundcube Email Migration Tool from CorbettSoftware.