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Alerts in OneDrive for Business would be an awesome addition in general. Users can create alerts on a library, folder or File. I would love Alert functionality in OneDrive for Business in general.

oliwer_sundgren · Answer

Hellolgonyea&nbsp;!&nbsp;&nbsp;These kind of notifications are available in SharePoint Online.&nbsp;Bur from my knowledge its not available out of the box for OneDrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;I would suggest using Power Automate ( Previously known as "Flow" ) For that.&nbsp;See below example of a flow like that using Power Automate.&nbsp;https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/galleries/public/templates/ef6bf28037ca11e7870df906aa521b7a/notify-and-email-when-a-new-file-is-uploaded-to-onedrive/&nbsp;Let me know if you have further questions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind RegardsOliwer Sjöberg

lgonyea · Answer

oliwer_sundgren&nbsp;thank you, but I don't believe that is available for OneDrive for Business. When I had tried that last year it connected to my personal OD and created connections that I had to remove or weren't allowed by our business. I'm looking for this for Business Users.

oliwer_sundgren · Answer

Hello againlgonyea!&nbsp;I've done some testing in my demo environment and think I've found something that is a bit closer to what you are looking for?&nbsp;This is a bit more "complex" for the regular user but is do-able with a guide.&nbsp;&nbsp;login to Onedrive in your webbrowser ( from portal.office.com )&nbsp;Once in, click on "Return to classic sharepoint" in the lower left&nbsp;Click the cogwheel in the upper right and make sure that the ribbon is turned on&nbsp;After that, mark the folder you want notifications on, and then click on "Library" tab in the ribbonUnder "Alert me" click on "Set Alert on this library"&nbsp;And then type the user/email address for who you want to receive the alerts&nbsp;&nbsp;Hopefull this works better for you!&nbsp;Let me know if im right or way off 🙂&nbsp;&nbsp;Kind RegardsOliwer Sjöberg

lgonyea · Answer

oliwer_sundgren&nbsp;ah thank you for the screenshots and to locate the Show Ribbon under the gear as when I initially clicked Return to classic OneDrive, I was unable to locate any Alert me options. For now, as you said a bit complex to get there, it can be done.&nbsp;But I did, however, stumble onto some Flow/Power Automate options now for OD for Bus that I may also come in handy,&nbsp;Get a push notification for when a file is added in OneDrive for Business. I plan to test this as it can come in handy for the new File Upload option for Personal Owned Microsoft Forms because it saves the files to OneDrive.&nbsp;&nbsp;Push notification for added file is great. Now one for when a file is modified would complete the circle to not have to return to Classic.&nbsp;

oliwer_sundgren · Answer

No problemlgonyea!&nbsp;Ah I see, I thought you meant with your previos post that Flow was of the table in your scenario, I must have missread 😛&nbsp;&nbsp;Good to hear that youve found some tests!&nbsp;Let me know how it goes!&nbsp;Cheers&nbsp;KROliwer&nbsp;

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