SharePoint Alerts retirement

So this is the end of an era… the ability to set alerts in a SharePoint list or library is being retired. Microsoft is recommending more modern notification solutions for those types of notifications. Here’s what they have shared…

Microsoft strives to deliver utmost value to our customers through modern, optimized, secure solutions in this newly evolved world focused on digital transformation. As part of this evolution of Microsoft 365 solutions, we will be retiring SharePoint Alerts and believe Microsoft 365 customers will be better served by modern notification solutions based upon the Power Automate platform or SharePoint Rules.

So what is the timeline for the retirement?

From July 2025 – The creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for newly onboarding tenants.

From September 2025 – The creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for all tenants.

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.

From July 2026 – Microsoft will remove the ability to use SharePoint Alerts; existing SharePoint Alerts cannot be extended anymore and will not work anymore.

For the easiest path forward, I would suggest checking out Create a rule to automate a list or library. If you need something more complex, you can explore using Power Automate to generate notifications.

For more information, check out SharePoint Alerts retirement.