SharePoint Online: MAJOR UPDATE – SharePoint Alerts to Be Retired Soon, Action Required

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Today, I am sharing MAJOR UPDATE related to Alerts in SharePoint online.

MAJOR UPDATE: Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature to modernize notifications. 

Details

• Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature to streamline and modernize notifications.
• Our Organizations should transition to Power Automate or SharePoint Rules.
• With Power Automate, organizations can benefit from an enhanced, versatile solution. It goes beyond traditional alerts. It offers seamless integration across Microsoft 365 services and more.

SharePoint Alerts Retirement TIMELINES

• Starting from July 2025, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for new tenants.
• Starting from September 2025, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for all tenants.
• Starting from October 2025, the SharePoint Alert expiration feature will be gradually activated.
  • Once activated, any SharePoint Alert will have a validity of 30 days starting from its first run, then it will expire.
  • Users can self-service re-enable expired SharePoint Alerts and extend their expiration for another 30 days.
  • Re-enabling and extending SharePoint Alerts can be done by using the “Manage my alerts” list/library menu item.
• Starting July 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to use SharePoint Alerts
  • Existing SharePoint Alerts cannot be extended anymore and will not work anymore.
• SharePoint Alerts users will be notified of this feature retirement via banners on SharePoint Online page and Alert emails and users can self-service extend the alerts they deem required.

Microsoft Recommendation

• Microsoft recommend customers to port their SharePoint Alerts to the Power Automate platform or alternatively create a SharePoint Rule.

How to get all Alerts in my tenant

• Use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan our tenants for SharePoint Alerts.
• The Microsoft 365 Assessment Tool helps to identify and evaluate the SharePoint Alerts usage on our tenant.
• Microsoft 365 Assessment provides the usage data of SharePoint Alerts,
• Microsoft 365 Assessment generates a Power BI report to help plan migrating SharePoint Alerts usage to Power Automate or SharePoint Rules.

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