Import iCal to Office 365: Uploading iCalendar to Cloud

Do you need to import iCal to Office 365 account? In this blog, we will explore the manual methods to export iCalendar to Office 365 for uploading ICS File to Cloud.
ICS is a standard file format, which is used by numerous email clients to save calendar information such as tasks, events, journals, etc. It is supported by both desktop-based and web-based email applications. Nowadays, web-based applications are widely in demand because it can be accessed from anywhere and from any device. There is a cloud-based application developed by Microsoft i.e Office 365 which stores all the data of an email account on the cloud. So there is no possibility of data loss and it can be accessed from any device and at any time. This is the reason that many users want to import iCal to Office 365 account as O365 is one of the most popular cloud-based applications. It has many advanced security features as compare to any web-based email applications. Therefore, in this post, we are going to discuss the manual and automated solutions to transfer/ move iCal to Microsoft Office 365 account.

There is a cloud-based application developed by Microsoft i.e Office 365 which stores all the data of an email account on the cloud. So there is no possibility of data loss and it can be accessed from any device and at any time. This is the reason that many users want to import iCal to Office 365 account as O365 is one of the most popular cloud-based applications. It has many advanced security features as compare to any web-based email applications. Therefore, in this post, we are going to discuss the manual and automated solutions to transfer/ move iCal to Microsoft Office 365 account.

To export iCal to Office 365 first we have to know the reasons that why the users want to add icalendar to Office 365.

Why To Import iCal File To Office 365?

Before proceeding further, let us first discuss some of the user queries taken from forums to explore more that why to move iCalendar to Office 365 calendar:

“I am accessing my official emails from iPad. I want to share some of the scheduled meetings to my team members and they are using MS Office 365 account. Is there any method to sync/ move iCalendar to Office 365?”

“We are researching on how to migrate calendar files to different platforms. Can anyone please suggest a method import iCal calendar to Office 365?”

How To Import iCal to Office 365?

There is no direct method available to import ICS to Office 365. You have to follow the two below-mentioned steps to import calendar file to OWA:

1. Convert iCalendar file to Outlook data i.e. PST
2. Then, import the resultant file of MS Outlook to Office 365>
The above-mentioned steps can be performed by using both manual and automated approaches to import iCal Calendar to Office 365.

Manual Method Convert iCal to Office 365 via PST

Step 1: Import iCalendar to Outlook

Follow the below-mentioned steps to import ICS file to Outlook:

1. Go to the location where Calendar file is stored in Outlook. The default location of calendar file is mentioned below:
C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles\70pvsl2z.default\Mail\pop.gmail-1.com\EMAIL-ID\Calendars

2. Now, go to File >> Open & Export >> Import/Export.

3. An Import and Export wizard will appear. Select Import an iCalendar(.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs) option and then click on Next.

4. After that, search .ics file which you want to save in PST format and then click on Open.

5. At last, click on Import option to save selected ICS file into Outlook. After completion of the process, the required file will be imported into Outlook successfully.

Step 2: Import PST to Office 365

Now, import that resultant Outlook file to Office 365 account. There are two manual solutions present to migrate the resultant Outlook file to O365 account i.e. Network upload and drive shipping.

Network Upload:
Follow the below-mentioned steps to import Outlook PST to Office 365.
• Copy the SAS URL. After that, install Azure AZ Copy.
• Now, Upload the required files (Outlook PST) to Office 365.
• Create Outlook PST import mapping file.
• After that, create the Outlook PST import job in Office 365.

Drive Shipping:
Copy the Outlook data file to a Bit Locker-encrypted hard disk drive and then ship the hard drive to Microsoft physically. When Microsoft receives the hard disk, the data center personnel upload that MS Outlook file to a temporary storage location in the MicrosAfter that, the user can use the Import service of Office 365 to import Outlook data file to Office 365.

Limitation of Manual Methods

To Import PST To OWA
Some limitations with the manual approaches are listed as below:
• They import only emails.
• They lead some data loss.
• They are time-consuming
• They do not maintain data integrity.

To Save ICS To Outlook data file
There are some limitations with the manual method to import iCalendar to Outlook. Some of them are listed as below:
• The manual method is lengthy and time-consuming.
• More knowledge of technology is required.
• There is a possibility of data loss.

Alternative Solution

There are following automated procedures also to import iCal to Office 365 calendar:

Step 1: To Convert iCalendar To PST format

To overcome the limitations of the manual approach a user can use an automated solution i.e. ICS converter tool. This is third party utility, which is specially designed to convert iCal to PST format. The interface of this software is user-friendly so it can be used by anyone who does not have more knowledge of technology. There is no data loss while migrating .iCal calendar to PST format.

Step 2: To Import PST To Office 365

Users can use an alternative approach i.e. Office 365 Restore to overcome the limitations of the manual solutions to import Outlook PST to Microsoft cloud account. It is an efficient tool, which allows a user to migrate the complete data of Outlook data file to MS Office 365 user account. This utility can import all items such as emails, calendars, and contacts of the Outlook data file to Office 365.

Conclusion

The above blog described both manuals as well as automated approaches to migrate iCal to Office 365.If users want to move from a desktop-based email client to a web-based application i.e. Office 365 then at that time there is a need to add iCalendar to Office 365 user account. There is no direct method is available to import iCal to Office 365. To do the same, first you have to convert calendar file to PST and then you have to import PST to Office 365.