The software vendors provide periodic updates and new versions for their system and application software. These updates and new versions of the software include a number of added features and functions. The same thing applies on Microsoft Outlook also. The latest version of Outlook is Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. Sometimes, after upgrading to new version or installing updates, Outlook may stop working properly and the data from OST (Offline Storage) file becomes inaccessible if you are using it with Exchange Server. in such cases, you need to use OST Repair Tool to handle the situation.
A number of Outlook users move to later version of Microsoft Outlook to take advantage of advanced Unicode support and increased size limit of OST and PST files. Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 does not have any size limit for the PST file. you can set it as per your requirement.
The upgradation process may become difficult if you are working in a collaborative messaging environment with Microsoft Exchange Server. At this point, you would have to create a new profile and mailbox on the Exchange Server and will need to Convert OST to PST to gain access of your critical data stored in the OST file.
OST file resides on the local hard drive of the client system. This file can not be used directly. When you want to use this file with Exchange Server, it needs to be converted to PST. When you logon to Outlook account, after username and password verification, this file is synchronized with Exchange Server mailbox and gets automatically converted to PST.
In this situation, where you need to re-create the user profile, the OST file can not be synchronized and can’t be converted to PST. To re-create the user profile and access your valuable e-mails, notes, contacts, tasks and other data from the OST file, it is essential to manually Convert OST File to PST.
This conversion is best possible with the help of powerful and advanced third party OST Repair Tool. Such software are capable of converting all the OST objects to PST and make the PST file usable with Exchange Server. These software are easy to use as they come equipped with self-descriptive user interface with rich graphical support.
Stellar Phoenix Mailbox Exchange Desktop is the most efficient tool to Convert OST to PST file. It can be used with Outlook 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97. The software is compatible with Windows XP, 2003, 2000, NT4 (SP6), ME and 98SE.
