Migrating emails from GroupWise to Exchange is common these days as people at workplaces look for ease of functionality and simple understanding of MS Outlook working and features. Migrating from GroupWise to Exchange becomes imperative when organizations plan to shift from GroupWise environment to Exchange environment for reduced costs on employee training, flexibility, sharing capabilities, Outlook web access feature, management of calendars, events, schedules, alarms etc.

In Novell GroupWise email client, the archives are created to minimize the size of Inbox and save emails that can be accessed anytime of the day. Unlike other email clients, archive folder is a separate folder in Novell GroupWise that comprises of items of mailbox archived by the User. In GroupWise, archive database is not associated with the user mailbox database and this is the reason why administrator has to export archives separately. Therefore, while migrating from GroupWise to Exchange, administrators are usually concerned with archived items.

Novell GroupWise creates an archive folder for every mailbox and creates a database of migrated items. Kernel for GroupWise to Outlook migration offers ease in exporting archives of GroupWise to Exchange.

Mentioned below are the steps to help the user to migrate archive folders from GroupWise to Outlook using Kernel for GroupWise to Exchange software:

• Launch Kernel for Novell GroupWise to Exchange migration tool
• Select the option to convert a single GroupWise mailbox
• Select the mode to get connected to GroupWise mailbox and type mailbox details for migration
• Activate the Migrate Archive Items section and select Specify Archive Path option
• Software will now scan the archive database and list the items for preview

This way you can migrate your archive folders without any problem and stay assured of accurate results.