4-9: Monitor Changes to Libraries or Documents with Alerts and RSS

Solution overview

Type of solution

Guidance

Features and tools

E-mail notifications and RSS

Solution summary

Configure alerts for changes to a library or document, or monitor a library by subscribing to its RSS feed.

Benefits

Stay informed of important changes to SharePoint libraries and documents.

Introduction

SharePoint provides two great ways for you to monitor what is going on in a library or with a specific document: e-mail alerts and RSS feeds.

Subscribe to e-mail alerts for a library or document

E-mail alerts can be sent to notify you of changes to a library or document. To configure alerts for a library, click the Actions button and choose Alert Me. To configure alerts for a single ...

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