What is OST Files and Why Users Wants to Convert OST Files to PST Format?

[adamgilchrist]

OST stands for Offline Storage Table. It is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook to store a copy of your mailbox data on your local computer. This allows users to access their emails, contacts, calendar items, and other mailbox data even when they are not connected to the internet.
There are certain situations where users need to convert OST files to PST format like sudden crash-down of Exchange Server, making accessible data of OST files, repair corrupted or damaged OST files, switching email clients from Microsoft Outlook to other, creating backup of OST data file to PST files, accessing OST files in other computer, migrating OST files to other versions of Microsoft Outlook and many others.
Read more- https://www.emailsguru.com/ost/pst/

[Musclegaragefitness]

Outlook and Exchange Server use OST archives. People choose to turn them into PST archives so they can get the right of entry to their messages offline, make backups, go to a new email system, store ancient messages, or manipulate their messages better.

[ploverpolo]

Thanks for the clear explanation! I've been looking into OST to PST conversion after a recent Outlook issue—didn't realize there were so many scenarios where it's useful. Great info!