Migrate Thunderbird Contacts to Office 365 in a Seamless Way

In this article, we have described the manual as well as alternate solutions to resolve the most searched query on the internet i.e., to migrate Thunderbird contacts to Office 365. So, just have a quick go through of the article mentioned below.

Want to know the location of Mozilla Thunderbird?

Follow the steps to locate the directory path of Mozilla Thunderbird

• Launch the Thunderbird email client.

• Go to Options from the Thunderbird Menu to locate address book files.

• Navigate to the Thunderbird directory by selecting Account Settings >> Server Settings >> Local Directory to copy the Thunderbird contact files.

• Now, Store address book (abook.mab, history.mab, impab.mab) files in a separate folder location.

Manual Trick to Migrate Thunderbird Contacts to Office 365

Here, we have discussed a manual solution to export Thunderbird address book contacts.

Phase-1: Export CSV from Thunderbird

• Run the Thunderbird Application and select the Address Book option.

• Select the Tools option from the top and hit on the Export button to export CSV files.

• Select the CSV option by clicking on the drop-down icon and clicking on the Save button.

Phase-2: Import CSV into Office 365

• Go to Outlook in your Office 365 account.

• Select the Gear icon.

• Click on People and then select Import Contacts.

• Finally, select the Browse button to locate contacts and click Import.

Alternate Solution to Migrate Thunderbird Contacts to Office 365

Thunderbird Contacts Converter helps the user to move Thunderbird Contacts to CSV file which can be easily imported to Office 365. It allows the user to convert multiple contacts or even complete the contacts folder to CSV at once which saves a lot of time.

Follow the steps below to transfer Thunderbird address book contacts by using an automated solution.

• Download and run the Automated Tool and go to the Add File button.

• After that, choose the File or Folder option. Select the Browse button to locate MAB files and click on the Add button to select the address book files for conversion.

• Now, Select the CSV radio button and choose the Browse option to locate the destination path to store the converted files. Finally, select the Export button to save the converted files.

• Finally, the CSV contacts can be easily imported to Office 365 as explained in Phase-2 above.

Why is Third Party Solution Preferred?

• The automated tool offers the feature to convert Thunderbird address book MAB to CSV, VCF or PST file formats.

• The software displays various information details like name, surname, phone number, profile picture, and email address to the user.

• The tool allows the user to merge multiple MAB files into a single file.

• No need to install Mozilla Thunderbird on your PC.

• The file generated will be completely free from any kind of virus or malware.

• No file size restriction.

Also Read: How to Export Thunderbird Emails to Outlook

Final Thoughts

In the above article, we have discussed manual as well as alternative solutions to solve the user query i.e., Migrate Thunderbird Contacts to Office 365. the manual solution is capable of transferring Thunderbird contacts but, it cannot transfer multiple files in bulk. So, we have come up with an alternate solution to import contacts from Thunderbird to Office 365. It allows the user to transfer multiple contacts or complete folders in a quite minimal span of time.