A Desktop Alert is a notification that appears on your desktop when you receive a new email message, a meeting request, or a task request. By default, Desktop Alerts are turned on.

Once you've enabled the notification settings you want in the Windows settings, you'll need to turn on notifications for your email accounts in the Mail app settings:

Outlook.com supports notifications that pop up automatically in the app or at the bottom right of your desktop window. They disappear automatically after a brief time.

If you set up your notifications in Outlook, but find they're not working, check your status in Teams and check the notification settings in Windows. With new Outlook, system settings can occasionally …

Outlook reminders will pop up over your email or calendar to let you know a scheduled event is about to start. Select a tab option below for the version of Outlook you're using.

Whether it's a new email, a calendar reminder, or a system update, notifications help you stay on top of things without constantly checking your apps. To help you manage these notifications and minimize …

Once notifications are allowed and configured at the operating system level, you can fine-tune Teams notification settings directly within the app to receive the notifications you need.

Training: In Outlook mobile, favorite your contacts, order them, and set notifications, to prioritize messages from your most important contacts. Watch this video to learn how.

After you set up email in Outlook for Android or Outlook for iOS, you can customize the mobile app to stay connected the way you want. This includes managing your notifications, adding widgets to your …

To adjust email notifications, review the notification settings in the Email notifications section. Select the notification types you want; clear the ones you don't want by toggling on/off as required. The …