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The Retirement of SharePoint Alerts is a Pain in the Rear
I’ve used a SharePoint alert to create an emailed daily digest of changes made to files in a document library for seven years. Microsoft plans to retire SharePoint Alerts in July 2026, and the race is on to find a replacement. Regretfully, neither Power Automate nor SharePoint Rules seem capable of generating an equivalent daily digest, perhaps because these solutions don’t handle the number of file versions created by AutoSave well.
https://office365itpros.com/2026/03/27/sharepoint-alerts-replacement/
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It is interesting that Microsoft has not created videos showing how people can replace the old 'Alert Me' system. Probably because there is not a good replacement. My BIGGEST issue with the 'Rules' system is that you CANNOT select specific folders. And when you are connected to a SharePoint with a thousand subfolders and files in each folder, and the notifications setup through 'Rules' send you notifications for any and ALL changes in the SharePoint, that is a headache. I just do not understand why they could not have asked users how they use the 'Alert Me' system to ensure that nothing of value was lost. Microsoft, please fix this or show us how your new system replaces the old one. Thanks.
