How to export one Microsoft Whiteboard as an image
The per-board export Microsoft documents is Settings, then Export image. For a board still stored in Azure, Microsoft tells users to do this before 16 October 2026, the day the remaining Azure-based whiteboards are permanently deleted.
The Export image steps
- Open the whiteboard you want to keep.
- Select the Settings icon in the upper-right corner.
- Select Export image.
- Choose a resolution. Microsoft's wording: "Choose between standard or high image resolution."
- Find the file. Microsoft's wording: "You can find the exported image in your Downloads folder."
Repeat for each board. Microsoft's migration page puts the deadline in the same sentence as the step: "select the Settings icon in the upper-right corner, then select Export image before October 16, 2026."
Microsoft says users can view and export the remaining Azure-based boards through 16 October 2026.
What is not confirmed about Export image
- The file format. The Microsoft pages read say "Export image" and offer standard or high resolution, but never name PNG or any other format. Look at the file in your Downloads folder to see what you got.
- Where the option appears. Whether Export image is available in every surface (web, Teams, each standalone app) is not confirmed. The export page gives the steps without naming platforms.
- PDF export. No Microsoft page read for this guide documents a PDF export from Microsoft Whiteboard.
What an exported image keeps and loses
No Microsoft page read for this guide lists what is lost on export. What follows is this guide's inference from the format, not a Microsoft statement.
- Keeps: a picture of the board, at the standard or high resolution you chose.
- Loses: editing. An exported image is a flat picture, so its notes, ink and shapes are no longer editable.
Export image is one board at a time. For the bulk cmdlets Microsoft lists, see the bulk export page for tenant admins.
Where the image can be uploaded next
None of the four vendors below documents a direct importer for Microsoft Whiteboard on the pages checked, so the image is uploaded as a file. Compare the file type of your export with each list. More detail is on the alternatives summary page.
- Miro: its help article lists bmp, gif, svg (as a solid image), jpeg, jpg, png, psd, heic, heif and pdf, with a 30 MB cap per uploaded file.
- FigJam: Figma's wording is "FigJam supports PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF, or WEBP image formats."
- Lucidspark: Lucid's import article names PNG and PDF for the file import.
- Mural: accepted file types are not verified as of 2026-10-04; check the vendor page.
The rescue pack: 3 files
The Microsoft Whiteboard rescue pack holds 3 files, the same for every buyer: a runbook as one self-contained HTML file, and an alternatives matrix as a CSV file and as a Markdown file. It does not export anything for you and contains no software.
Price: $12 (USD), one-time payment, no subscription.
Get the 3 files on Gumroad for $12, one-time
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About this page
- Information as of 2026-10-04, verify with Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/export-a-whiteboard
- Independent guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft or any vendor named.
- AI-generated content, produced from the public sources cited. The source pages were retrieved with an automated fetch tool on 2026-10-04. The export was not run for this guide.
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- Informational only. It is not legal, compliance or data-retention advice. Dates and vendor limits can change.
Microsoft sources used on this page
- Export a whiteboard (resolution, Downloads folder): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/export-a-whiteboard
- Migration of whiteboards from Azure to OneDrive (export step, dates): https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/whiteboard/migration-of-whiteboards-from-azure-to-onedrive