Microsoft 365 Message Center item MC1072889
MC1072889 - (Updated) SharePoint Alerts retirement
SharePoint Alerts will be fully retired by July 2026. New alert creation will be phased out starting July 2025, with alerts expiring after 30 days from October 2025. Users should transition to Power Automate or SharePoint Rules for notifications. Admins should assess impact and prepare support accordingly.
- Message Center ID
- MC1072889
- Category
- plan For Change
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- SharePoint Online
- Tags
- Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement
- Published
- 2025-05-13
- Last updated
- 2026-06-15
- Expires
- 2026-09-28
Updated June 15, 2026: We are updating this post as a reminder. SharePoint Alerts will be fully turned off starting in mid-July 2026. Please visit SharePoint Alerts retirement | Microsoft Community Hub for the latest updates and timelines.Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature to streamline and modernize user notifications. With Power Automate, organizations can benefit from an enhanced, versatile solution that goes beyond traditional alerts, offering seamless integration across Microsoft 365 services and more.Key Points Major: Retirement Timeline: Starting from July 2025, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for newly onboarding tenants.Starting from October 2025, the SharePoint Alert expiration feature will be gradually activated. Once activated, any SharePoint Alert will have a validity of 30 days starting from its first run, then it will expire. Users can self-service re-enable expired SharePoint Alerts and extend their expiration for another 30 days. Re-enabling and extending SharePoint Alerts can be done by using the “Manage my alerts” list/library menu item, opening the SharePoint Alert to update, extending its expiration date and clicking OK. For more details refer to this support article.Starting from January 2026, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for all tenants.Starting July 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to use SharePoint Alerts, existing SharePoint Alerts cannot be extended anymore and will not work anymore. Action: Review and assess impact How this will affect your organization If your organization still uses SharePoint Alerts, they will no longer function from July 2026 onwards. We recommend customers to port their SharePoint Alerts to the Power Automate platform or alternatively create a SharePoint Rule. To help you with the transition to Power Automate the following set of Power Automate templates can be used by either browsing https://make.powerautomate.com/templates and searching for the template name or alternatively using the links. Template names and links are in the table below.Classic Alerts ScenarioTemplates for ListsTemplates for LibrariesChanges to an itemSend an email when a SharePoint list item or file is updatedAnything changesImplement this by combining the "Changes to an item" and "Item created" scenario templatesSomeone else changes an itemSend an email for changes by others to a SharePoint list item or fileSomeone else changes an item created by meSend an email for changes to a SharePoint list item or file created by meItem createdSend an email when a SharePoint list item is createdSend an email when a new SharePoint file is createdWhat you need to do to prepareIt’s recommended to update your user training content and prepare your help desk to support your organization with this retirement. SharePoint Alerts users will be notified of this feature retirement via banners in both the relevant SharePoint Online page and Alert emails and users can self-service extend the alerts they deem required. For admins: Optionally use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenants for SharePoint Alerts. Review the documentation on using Power Automate with SharePoint Online. Review the documentation on using SharePoint Rules. Note: There will not be an option to extend SharePoint Alerts beyond July 2026. Learn more:Detailed support article with additional resources.