Forced Follow

[Doug Horton]

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 compliance perspective.

[#2]

If you have full control to the library you can sign other users up for an email alert. However the user has the permissions to edit / delete the email alert. A SharePoint workflow is another option but you would need to determine what users or email addresses would be used to send the email.

[#3]

Thank you for the quick response. Is that sign up done on a user-by-user basis or by group?

[#4]

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)

[#5]

Many thanks!