How to Setup Alerts in Teams for Files
How to Setup Alerts in Teams for Files

- Find the Team you want to setup alerts from, and make sure you are in the correct channel (For reference: The two channels in the Team “Test Team” in the screenshot below are General and Test Channel 1)

- Click on the “Files” tab in the top center of the Team page

- In the bottom toolbar on the far right side click on “Open in SharePoint”
- If your window is condensed you may need to click on the “…” and then choose “Open in SharePoint”

- On the web page that opens, check the left pane and make sure you are in the “Documents” pane, and then click the ellipsis (…) icon on the right side

- Choose “Alert Me” from the dropdown

- In the box that opens you can customize the alerts:
- Setup a title that will appear as the Email subject when a notification is emailed to you

- Choose how the alerts will be delivered
- Email is the only option we have at this time that our licenses allow

- Choose what kind of alerts you would like

- You can filter the alerts you chose above with these options

- Choose when you want the alerts sent
