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Doug Horton
May 30, 2018Copper Contributor
Forced Follow
Is it possible to force notifications to users when a new document is added to a library? For example, set notifications by group? Having users follow content themselves is not reliable from a compli...
Doug Horton
May 30, 2018Copper Contributor
Thank you for the quick response. Is that sign up done on a user-by-user basis or by group?
Chris Gullicksen
May 30, 2018Iron Contributor
When you go to the list / library and open the set an alert on this list/library you should see this option. (given you have permissions) By default you can only add users as SharePoint groups don't have email addresses associated with them. I worked with the team who manages our Active Directory and have set up Security Group that has an email address to send it to multiple users. (I later found that distribution lists in AD don't show up in our SharePoint environment)
- Doug HortonJun 04, 2018Copper Contributor
Many thanks!