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How is a completely non-technical person going to solve this on their own? Start studying to be a Microsoft sysadmin? Hire a Microsoft sysadmin? I think $12/mailbox for a one time migration is not a bad deal. And btw if you go ask on /r/sysadmin about it this is the same answer you'll get: use BitTitan and call it a day.
Guess the clue is in the "I'm in over my head" statement.
Indeed. Also, selfhosting is just shuffling the costs, not saving money. Doing it yourself still requires you pay for a server(s), but now you have to wear all the hats and maintain a production system. Which is fine, this is /r/selfhosted after all, but either you pay with money + time, or pay someone else money that does this for a living. It's not a waste.
So then best way to approach this is to make a backup and then restore it. pst from outlook is easy can Google it costs nothing.
Move your email to where you want it once or many times , restore or use the pst as an archive.
In both cases you don't need overlay products that do the same thing native clients have been doing for decades , you're just adding another kink to the confusion train. K.i.S.S and you won't end up in over your head 😜